July has been a month for blood, sweat and tears…all in the name of charity.

Congratulations to Andrew Howard and the team from Clarion for completing the 170 mile journey from Morecambe to Bridlington on their bikes.

52% of UK business owners lack understanding of asset based lending.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has said that British firms should look for funding outside the banking sector in order to generate growth among small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).

The downgrading of the UK’s AAA credit rating has led to differing views on how the economy can be stimulated. The lobbying for further tax and spending cuts is being matched by demands to implement expanded spending initiatives.

Many businesses are using inadequate finance options to start and then maintain their enterprise, smallbusiness.co.uk reports.

A recent report has asked SMEs from a variety of sectors across the UK about their feelings on a number of financial issues.

Invoice finance lending grew by eight per cent last year as small and medium sized businesses borrowed £14.9bn through registered lenders of the Asset Based Finance Association.

High street banks have informed the Bank of England they are selling alternative finance facilities to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) with overdrafts as industry lending showed a 3% fall.

Leeds ‘movers and shakers’ were certainly out in force when we launched our new office in the city centre on Tuesday 20 November 2012.

Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK have shown average growth over the last six months to March 2012 of 6%.