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The Cost of Borrowing is too high

10/11/201828/12/2009 by Property Funding

Smallbusiness.co.uk is reporting that many small business owners are fed up with having to pay the banks high rates on their business borrowing. Businesses believe that bank-lending terms are exorbitant, according to research from finance provider Syscap. Some 90 per cent believe that loan arrangement fees are excessive, while 75 per cent feel that the …

UK rich in budding entrepreneurs

10/11/201823/12/2009 by Property Funding

Might seem hard to believe but despite all the recent bad news a significant proportion of people in the UK still say they want to start their own business. Of 2,121 adults surveyed, some 17 per cent want to launch a start-up, according to social enterprise organisation Enterprise UK. The body predicts that if one …