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SBF focus on... Dragon's Den's newest recruit, Hilary Devey In today’s blog, we take a look at the new ‘Dragon’ from the BBC’s entrepreneurial show, ‘Dragons’ Den’, who is well-known across the Haulage industry. Devey’s business success began when she founded…

Manufacturing sector sees summer contraction New figures released yesterday have suggested that the UK’s manufacturing sector contracted for July, amid lower domestic demand. The Markit/Cips manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.1…

ABFA Appoint New Chairman The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) has announced the appointment of its new chairman, John Bevan, head of Trade and Working Capital UK & Ireland at Barclays Corporate. John has worked in…

Retail SMEs to lose some red tape Vince Cable late last week announced a variety of deregulation plans, in a bid to decrease UK business being held up by bureaucracy. Over half (130) of the 257 current regulations affecting retail…

'Zombie' companies rising from dead to threaten lenders Research from KPMG has revealed an increasing amount of ‘zombie’ companies are emerging and causing severe problems for lenders. The survey by the restructuring giants, which took into account the…