Small Business Growth Loses Momentum In June
Business growth lost momentum in the last three months to June after bouncing back strongly earlier this year, according to the latest NatWest survey of…
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Small Businesses
Trade Associations Make Plea To Save Small Firms Being Wiped Out By Energy Costs
Trade associations representing high-street businesses including pubs, breweries, hairdressers, local shops and other small businesses have today written to the Chair of the newly formed…
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Interest Rates for SME Lending Have Now Increased Almost Sixfold from Pandemic Low
Small businesses face surging interest rates on lending, with the average rate on new bank loans written increasing fivefold from just 0.98% in May 2020…
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Small Business Confidence Collapses – FSB calls for Growth Plan to Power Through
Small firms’ confidence in the final quarter of 2022 plunged to a depth almost on a par with that measured during the second Covid lockdown…
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1 in 4 Small Businesses Plan to Close, Downsize, or Restructure if Energy Bills Relief Ends in April Next Year
Small firms’ survival during the ongoing energy price crisis will depend on continued government support through Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) beyond March 2023, according…
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