Posted by martinparry on June 15, 2010 under Banks, Business Planning, Finance, Loans, SME News, Tax | 
| Indicator |
Value |
Change on week |
Change on month |
Change on year |
|
|
|
|
|
| FTSE 100 |
5103.44 |
+ 11.37 |
- 283.96 |
+ 664.84 |
| £ against US |
1.44 |
0.01 |
- 0.08 |
- 0.15 |
| £ against € |
1.20 |
+ 0.03 |
+ 0.03 |
+ 0.06 |
| UK inflation |
3.7% |
none |
+ 0.3% |
+ 1.4% |
| UK interest rates |
0.5% |
none |
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none |
* Figures are as at midday on 7 June 2010
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Posted by martinparry on June 4, 2010 under Banks, Finance, Grants, Loans |
The Welsh Assembly Government has announced a £3.5 million funding boost for small and medium-sized businesses in North Wales. The money will be used to develop the ‘Skills for the Workforce’ programme, which help employees acquire new skills.
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http://wales.gov.uk/newsroom/businessandeconomy/2010/100524cashboost/?lang=en
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Posted by martinparry on May 26, 2010 under Business Planning, Finance, Grants, Loans, Resources, SME News, Start Ups, Strategic Planning |
According to an article in Regen.net The Treasury has announced that England’s regional development agencies will have to save £270 million in the current financial year through “ending lower value spending”.
Setting out how the coalition government intends to save £6.2 billion in 2010/11, chief secretary to the Treasury David Laws said that RDAs will “have to cut back on spending which has the lowest economic impact”.
A document published by the Treasury following the announcement said that the budget for the RDAs would have to provide £270 million of savings in 2010/11 “from ending lower value spending”.
Laws said: “Tough decisions are being made … Quangos across government will have to make major savings in their budgets.”
A spokeswoman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said that no decisions had been made yet on how the cuts would be spread across England’s nine RDAs.
But speaking in Warrington last week, new business secretary Vince Cable picked out the South-East England Development Agency (Seeda) and the East of England Development Agency (Eeda) as examples of RDAs whose existence is hard to justify.
Cable was quoted by the Financial Times as saying: “It is very difficult to see the justification for RDAs in the South-East and East, prosperous regions with a large private sector.
“There are areas like the North-West, Yorkshire and the West Midlands, where there are really serious structural problems and there seems to be a broad agreement with local businesses that the RDAs are doing a good job.”
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Posted by martinparry on May 18, 2010 under Banks, Business Planning, Finance, Grants, Loans, SME News |
Do you or your clients need funding for their business? Business Link West Midlands “Finance for Business Consultancy” grants are now available to help with applications for the following activities (a) Work on grant applications such as GBI or GRD (b) Assistance with the development of a business plan as part of a fund raising project. (c) Charges levied by business finance consultancies in support of their work on fund raising projects. The average contribution to consultancy fees £2,500 ex vat (50% of project cost). If you would like to know more email martin.parry@mgba.co.uk
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Posted by martinparry on May 17, 2010 under Banks, Business Planning, Finance, Loans, SME News |
According to Midlands Business Insider, a key indicator of the strength of the regional economy has revealed that the number of businesses insolvencies in the Midlands has dropped. Nottingham-based research company Experian’s latest insolvency index shows a year-on-year fall in the number of businesses going under in April. The East Midlands was the UK region showing most improvement, with an insolvency rate of 0.11 per cent in April 2010 compared to 0.15 per cent in April 2009. Some 116 companies went under in the East Midlands in April compared to 166 the previous year. In the West Midlands there were 194 insolvencies in April compared to 253 12 months earlier. But Rolf Hickmann, managing director of pH, an Experian company, warned that it continues to be vital for businesses to understand the circumstances of those they are doing business with and the risks to which they could expose their company. “It is easier for the smallest businesses, with just one or two employees, to make adjustments to their operations and pull in the reins when times are challenging. For the largest business, there is the flexibility that comes with economies of scale. Mid-sized businesses do not typically have the luxury of either of these benefits,” he said.
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