Chrissie Hynde
: Don't Get Me Wrong: I Won't Stand For Cruelty to Geese
Ed Miliband
: A Distant and Distracted Cameron Cannot Tackle Tax Avoidance
Charles Moore
: Margaret Thatcher's First Visit to Washington of the Reagan Presidency
Natalie Bennett
: Jobs You Can Build a Life On: The British Economy Isn't Delivering
Seth Freedman
: We Don't Need No Regulation
As the conventional financial system takes blows to its credibility, the question arises whether there is a better financial system waiting to be found.
The number of mortgages granted in the UK has increased by a third since the launch of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), the government's flagship...
Business secretary Vince Cable is once again calling for greater access to credit for small businesses following signs that the Funding for Lending Sc...
So what can a finance system whose roots lie in third world economic development do to help stem the tide of further business failures in a developed country like the UK? A lot I would argue.
Although I was only in Bosnia and Herzegovina a short time it became very apparent, very quickly, just how important these loans are, with one of the entrepreneurs telling me she literally sees this as the only option for women in Bosnia to make a living.
Prince Andrew has agreed to help alternative funding models for SMEs to gain credibility and raise awareness. The Duke of York met several investme...
Despite the dark cloud hanging over the retail sector, in a difficult year that has seen a number of big name casualties, there is plenty of light at the end of the tunnel for those willing to embrace change, particularly for smaller businesses.
Simon Dixon is a former banker who decided to leave the murky world of investment banking to lead a new peer-to-peer crowdfunding platform, aimed at h...
The £80 billion Funding for Lending Scheme, launched by the Bank of England and the Treasury at the start of August, has been hailed for handing out ...
Santander's Spanish parent company saw profits plunge by 94% in the third quarter, with the UK arm also suffering amid pressure on profit margins. ...
Metro Bank has been named as a primary banking partner for a government-backed coaching service for SMEs called the Growth Accelerator. The bank ha...
The city is waiting with baited breath for Martin Wheatley's Libor reform report after the British Bankers Association reportedly voted to relinquish ...
Michael Fallon, the newly-appointed business minister, has declared he is "on the case" to force banks benefitting from the Funding For Lending scheme...
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced it will use the Treasury's Funding For Lending scheme to boost its Manufacturing Fund. The fund, which was...
I'll be honest with you, I didn't know anything about banking, and I was happy that way. I thought that I'd take care of my business the bankers could take care of there's and we'd all be fine.
In 2008 economies across the globe crashed as a worldwide shortage of cash liquidity brought the financial system to a standstill. Rather like a car that has run out of petrol, subsequent attempts to restart the engine have failed.
In the UK today, one in 10 households - the poorest families - cannot get access to a bank account. When they run out of cash, which they do frequently in these tough economic times, the most vulnerable are lured into an unaffordable debt trap.
As an entrepreneur my relationship with banks is rather straightforward: I use them to achieve my business objectives. They, in turn, profit from my success. Therefore I struggle to understand why the government, as majority owner of RBS and Lloyds Banking Group, doesn't use its relationship to greater effect.
The strategy behind this non-profit organisation not only avoids wasting our landfill sites with those 'was once useful' tools, but Streetbank.com has become so much more than that. People actually have a conversation. They smile. They have cups of tea; like the good old days, when neighbours would chat over their fences and watch out for your cat.
We've tasked our Government, banks and businesses to do what they can to resolve this financial situation. I think we should extend this challenge to the media; after all we allow them in to our homes every day and give them the power to become a persuasive force in what we believe.
The overall value of mortgage lending remained stagnant in July according to the British Bankers Association, but the number of mortgages approved did...
The issue of access to credit among SMEs is a chicken and egg conundrum. Is it a lack of demand or a lack of supply? The Business, Innovations & Skills select committee in Parliament, of which I am a member, has debated this issue with business leaders, bankers and the Secretary of State himself. Are we any the wiser?
