How UK Banks Are Changing After years of bank bashing there is now a changing tone to UK banks. Since the financial crisis began to bite back in 2007 there has been little respite for the banking sector. Downturns, defaults, bailouts, they have all been top topics and the banking sector has continued to be
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The Bank Doesn’t Understand My Business Is this the most common line said about banks, especially in the last few years? Probably is if our straw poll is anything to go by. Why Don’t Banks Understand? The easy answer here is that the small business and the bank have very different views and a different
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Banking Regulation Maybe not top of your current affairs reading, maybe not even top half. For most people, business owners included it probably falls into ‘the last thing I want to read’, but it actually is quite important. Over the last few year we have become accustomed to bank bailouts. Add to that, banker bonuses,
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Basel III For most people Basel will only ever be a town in Switzerland, however in the financial world the accords signed at Basel are for more reaching. What Is Basel 3? In short terms, there were several accords signed at Basel which have been introduced gradually. The aim was to ensure less banks failed
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Financial Accounts never have been the turn-on of an entrepreneur, however a good entrepreneur will at least understand a few key elements of the accounts they receive. There is a saying that ‘Financial accounts should ask more questions than they answer’, we would go a step further and say that accounts rarely answer any question,
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Campari? Remind you of Leonard Rossiter spilling a drink over Joan Collins in a 1980’s TV advert? Maybe it does, but Campari is actually a little more influential than that. What, Campari? Explain… If you are running your own business and ever looking to borrow money then we encourage you to drink a Campari, hypothetically
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