Lloyds to Lend Additional £...

March 18, 2014

Lloyds Banking Group recently announced that it will lend an additional £1 billion to small and medium sized businesses in the UK as part of its ‘SME Charter’. The bank’s goal is to assist 100,...

UK besieged by mis-sold prod...

May 06, 2012

This week in retrospect has been highlighted by news of mis sold products from complex interest rate hedging financial products to mis sold energy deals. And, to make matters even worse, the claims co...

The LSE calls for new asset...

March 15, 2012

The London Stock Exchange, in recognition of the fact that small businesses in the UK are being denied support from banks, has called for a new asset class which they say government should support....