Financing business

How does your business manage payments? Small firms are spending up to 10% of their working day chasing late payments.

Investment for SMEs is at its highest level for 5 years, according to research from Lyceum Capital and Cass Business School.

The number of people being declared insolvent was at its lowest level for a decade, according to the Insolvency Service show.

The Bank of England and HM Treasury has announced a 2 year extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme.

SMEs in the communications sector are most likely to consider alternative sources to finance their businesses.

Many small and medium-sized enterprises are not accessing available resources for funding innovation and research and development activities.

Lending to SMEs under the government's Funding for Lending Scheme rose by £500 million in Q2 2015, according to the Bank of England.

Small businesses raised £1.46 billion through the enterprise investment scheme in 2013/14, the highest ever annual amount lent through the scheme, official figures show.

The use of equity finance among small firms has more than doubled over the past 3 years, according to a report by the British Business Bank.

More than three quarters of businesses suffer from late payments, according to research by Bacs.