Banks

Challenging economic conditions, access to finance and squeezed consumer spending have all knocked small business's confidence in the third quarter of 2012, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to clamp down on employee sales incentives in a bid to end the mis-selling of financial products.

Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled plans for a new Government backed bank aimed at small businesses, saying they would be able to gain access to 'multi-billion pounds' of funding.

The Bank of England (BoE) has defended its use of quantitative easing (QE) but admitted that it would mostly benefit the top five per cent of households.

A new scheme designed to deliver cheap credit to banks in order to boost the economy has been officially launched by the Government and the Bank of England.

New guidance on how to raise finance through alternative forms of lending has been launched for start-ups and small businesses.

UK banks have been accused of 'throttling' the country's economic recovery because of an 'anti-business culture' and an 'obsession with short-term trading profits', business secretary Vince Cable has warned.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to inject a further £50 billion into the economy over the next four months through its quantitative easing (QE) scheme.

Entrepreneurs require an average of £94,000 in capital to get their business off the ground, research from personal asset lender Borro has found.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found 'serious failings' in the ways banks sold specialist insurance products to businesses, it has announced.