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Brexit – Part 2
In our last article we explored opinions on both sides of the Brexit camp over the five key areas of: The UK Economy; Trading Opportunities; The UK job market; Job Opportunities in Europe; The Impact on Large Businesses. In this article we return to the main area of concern to
Small business confidence hit three-year low
Small business confidence hit three –year low across the UK. The decline is most prominent in London and East London, but all regions across the UK have seen declines. Scotland has fallen into negative territory, also a first in three years. The Federation of Small Business (FSB) published a report
Brexit – Part 1
The term “Brexit” has recently become part of our everyday language. It is a combination of the words “Britain” and “Exit” and has become an easy way to refer to the forthcoming decision on whether Britain should exit the European Union (EU). In this two part article we here at
Women-led SMEs on the rise
With International Women’s Day being celebrated this week, we take a look at our women entrepreneurs in the UK. In a recent report published by HSBC, 3000 entrepreneurs were surveyed around the world, 501 of those from the UK. Women play a huge role in the SME landscape, generating £4.1m
Metro Bank favourites for micro- business banking in the UK
Fair Business Loans is part of Fair Finance which is the fastest growing microfinance organization in the UK and so we take a keen interest in which banks are offering the best service to small and micro companies. Recent Research compiled by Business Banking Insights looked to establish which banks
Matthew Jones replaces Mark Hannam as chairman of Fair Finance
After an incredible ten years service as a Fair Finance board member, eight of which as chair of the board Mark Hannam resigned as chairman and from the board at the Fair Finance EGM on the 18th of February. Faisel, the rest of the board and the Fair Finance team
I will survive!
As we saw in our last article, more than half of new businesses don’t survive beyond five years. In late 2014 British commercial insurer RSA conducted research called Growing Pains, which examined the current shape of the economy and barriers to growth for SMEs. But it’s not just start up
The business of numbers
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics“, a quote attributed to Mark Twain, pretty much sums up the view of many people about statistics. We can become cynical about the persuasive use of numbers, because it can seem that they are just spinned different ways to support whichever point of view is
Institutionalising fairness
In a recent speech to The Fabian Society, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn outlined some of his strategy to tackle pay inequality and “institutionalise fairness” in Britain. One headline-hitting measure would be to ban companies from paying dividends to shareholders unless they are paying workers the living wage, the aim being
RSA launches a new self-employment charter
At Fair Business Loans we were interested to hear that the RSA has recently launched a Charter for the Self-employed. The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) aims to enrich society through ideas and action. Over the past two years it has conducted research over
