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<updated>2026-07-22T06:25:48+00:00</updated>
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<title>Expectations from the UK Construction Market in 2018</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The construction industry has witnessed an increasing amount of financial support over the past few months and it is predicted that the construction industry will rise to new heights in 2018.]]></summary>
<updated>2018-03-07T11:24:48+00:00</updated>
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<title>Rotherham MP Urges The Government To Re-Think Education Funding For Teens</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rotherham MP Sarah Champion has urged the UK government to consider a re-think of education funding for teens of ages 16 to 19.]]></summary>
<updated>2018-03-07T10:56:46+00:00</updated>
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<title>The Demand for Invoice Finance across the Country Is Expected To Increase In 2018</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The demand for invoice finance across the country is expected to increase in 2018 by over 21 per cent.]]></summary>
<updated>2018-03-07T10:22:55+00:00</updated>
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<title>Schools across England to Sign a Joint Letter to Chancellor Hammond</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Most of the head teachers from around 5500 schools across England have resolved to sign a joint letter to the Chancellor Philip Hammond warning him about the funding shortages.]]></summary>
<updated>2018-03-07T10:00:59+00:00</updated>
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<title>Major British Construction Companies to Collapse Due To a Lack of Funds</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Most of the major UK construction companies have been collapsing because of their failure to secure a financial lifeline.]]></summary>
<updated>2018-03-07T09:42:36+00:00</updated>
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<title>How a Brexit &#039;no deal&#039; will affect all the businesses in the UK</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The fear of negotiating a fair deal for both the UK and the EU has definitely posed a greater challenge in front of the authorities. The Brexit vote has most likely affected businesses across the country.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-12-28T12:55:11+00:00</updated>
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<title>Do not consider Alternative Finance as an Alternative anymore!</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Alternative finance industry has come into the mainstream since the year 2015. By the start of the year 2016, alternative finance industry started offering different types of breakthrough funding options to small business and start-ups.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-12-28T12:44:59+00:00</updated>
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<title>65 per cent of SMEs forced to shut down due to late payment issues</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Lately, the late payment issues have been on the rise across the country and statistics reveal that because of it, around 65 per cent of SMEs were forced to shut down.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-12-28T12:09:09+00:00</updated>
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<title>Currency movements not to blame for poor business results</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[For businesses dealing in import and export category, handling foreign currencies is an unavoidable reality. Even after having enough knowledge regarding the currency exchange rates...]]></summary>
<updated>2017-12-28T11:50:55+00:00</updated>
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<title>Recent Currency Fluctuations are bound to increase business costs</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Majority of businesses in the UK are expected to increase their costs. According to recently conducted survey, 63 per cent of businesses believe that their costs will increase in the next year due to devaluation of the sterling.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-12-28T11:37:36+00:00</updated>
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<title>SMEs Hope for Some Additional Support from the UK Government Post Brexit</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Post Brexit, there has been exceptional increase in the import rates and the business rates too have similarly ramped up. SMEs are now looking up to the UK government for some additional financial support.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-10-27T13:03:10+00:00</updated>
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<title>Getting Fit for Growth – SMEs To Decrease Their Products and Services Costs</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Having control over the fixed costs is usually the main objective for most of the small businesses that are looking for secured growth.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-10-27T12:46:09+00:00</updated>
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<title>83 Per Cent of Agricultural SMEs Request Banks to Improve</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Surveys conducted by most of the Business Finance firms recently concluded that, four in every five, or 83 per cent, of SMEs performing in the farming sector have suggested ways in which banks could financially support them...]]></summary>
<updated>2017-10-27T12:13:13+00:00</updated>
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<title>UK Economy Lost £20bn Because of Lack of Alternative Finance Awareness</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Recent reports have revealed that a lack of awareness amid UK SMEs regarding alternative finance options has created a huge economic hole totalling over £20bn.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-10-27T12:01:39+00:00</updated>
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<title>Alternative Business finance Behind success of SMEs</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In recent years, an exceptional rise and growth in the alternative finance industry has been witnessed in the UK. The alternative finance industry plays a vital role in supporting the SMEs by offering financial assistance]]></summary>
<updated>2017-10-27T11:43:36+00:00</updated>
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<title>Asset Finance Jumps 13% in a Year to £22.2 Billion</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Asset finance to businesses has shown continuous growth, alongside a 13% increase since the previous year.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-09-21T12:23:53+00:00</updated>
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<title>1 in 5 SMEs Miss Out on New Business Opportunities because of Lack of Finance</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Recent studies have revealed that 19% of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have missed out on numerous business opportunities in the past few months merely because of lack of funds.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-09-21T12:20:58+00:00</updated>
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<title>A Third of UK Business Investment Funded by Asset Finance Industry</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Studies have found that a third of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are being funded for their investment by the asset finance sector.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-09-21T12:17:47+00:00</updated>
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<title>Nucleus explains How to Manage the Impact of Seasonality on Cashflow</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Nucleus Commercial Finance specialises in working with UK SMEs that face issues related to cashflow.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-31T12:08:20+00:00</updated>
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<title>Late Payments Cause UK SMEs to Miss Out on over £250 Billion</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Unpaid invoices and expenses coupled with companies pursuing customers’ payments, along with long term payments are the core contributors. At the heart of the UK economy, SMEs account for 47% of private sector turnovers.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-31T10:39:33+00:00</updated>
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<title>Late Payment Epidemic Set to Cripple Exports for British SMEs</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized UK businesses have been severely impacted by chronic reductions to their working capital, over the past few years, found from a studyof more than 1,000 SMEs.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-31T10:17:21+00:00</updated>
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<title>Early Warning Signs of Downturn Loom among UK SMEs</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Increasing bad debt and delayed investment for small business in the UK points to a slow-down in the months ahead.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-31T09:52:07+00:00</updated>
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<title>Businesses Urged to Plan Ahead to Prevent Missed Payments over the Bank Holiday</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[With bank holidays causing so much commotion across the UK businesses have to plan ahead in order to avoid missing out on crucial payment commitments, says Nucleus Commercial Finance.]]></summary>
<updated>2017-08-31T09:01:45+00:00</updated>
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<title>Late Payments Cost SmallBusinesses in the UK more than £2bn a Year</title>
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<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Small businesses in the UK have been facing a total sum of £2.16bn due to overdue payments.
Out of 1.7m small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, approximately 640,000 businesses say...]]></summary>
<updated>2017-07-27T09:40:52+00:00</updated>
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