SME News
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2020-07-14
SME redundancy warning as survey suggests 1.4m jobs could go
Nearly two-thirds of small businesses are likely to make redundancies as a result of the coronavirus crisis, putting 1.4m jobs at risk, a new report says. The research by Newcastle technology giant Sage has found that 15% of small businesses do no...
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2020-07-13
75% of SMEs want current stimulus measures extended until 2021
The results are part of a weekly survey of 300 businesses around Australia and cover sentiment, revenue impact, and perspective on Government relief packages. Short term expectations are also sluggish, with just over one third ...
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2020-07-13
UK gets its first Islamic P2P crowdfunder for SMEs
LONDON - A new UK-based Shariah-compliant crowdfunding platform providing business financing to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) launched at the end of June. Qardus Limited, which connects SMEs to investors, is an appointed repr...
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2020-07-13
Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi: Supporting SMEs a Priority for Advancing National Economy in Future
During a meeting with a number of local entrepreneurs from across the UAE and representatives of institutions and SMEs incubators, H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, confirmed th...
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2020-07-13
B-North selects Wiserfunding to boost SME credit risk assessment
UK-based SME lending bank, B-North has selected Wiserfunding as its risk grading partner in a bid to speed up credit profile assessments of SMEs as well as to support B-North underwriters to make better lending decisions. The SME lending ba...