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Carillion have gone bust which has sparked a lot of negative media press about the construction sector as a whole. However it has been widely covered that they have gone under due to badly managed operations and therefore the general construction sector cannot be blamed for the company’s demise. The

Fair Business Loans use DirectID to revolutionise loans for small businesses! In our recent article about Open Banking we explained how it will harness the power of technology to revolutionise the everyday banking experience of individual customers and small businesses. It will put them firmly back in the driving seat

How open banking will make it easier to get a small business loan in 2018… Last summer we ran an article about how Open Banking was set to revolutionise small business loans in the UK as from early 2018. Now Open Banking is here! What is Open Banking? Open Banking

There’s a lot to be said for keeping it in the family. But, just as today’s families are increasingly complex and extended, there are also a whole host of challenges facing family businesses in 2017. To help you get to grips with successfully running a family business – and keeping

Picture this. A warm summer’s day and you are sitting out in your garden or on your balcony, tapping away at your keyboard – then opening a celebratory bottle of champagne to mark the closing of yet another business deal. Or in winter time, when the world is rushing around

Two recent items of research indicate that SMEs are so far managing to navigate the choppy post-Brexit waters more successfully than they may have hoped. The Insurer Zurich’s latest SME Risk Index indicates that perception of business risk among UK SMES increased in the first quarter of this year from

It’s a sad fact that many small businesses do not use technology to its full advantage. In fact some seem to almost be afraid of it. Recent research by CNBC indicated that almost half of small businesses don’t have a business website, and not all of those who do actually