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  1. Funding Circle are a Major Success Story for Alternative Finance

    One of the major success stories of the alternative business finance market has been the growth of specialist P2P lender Funding Circle, which...

  2. ICAEW UK Economic Forecast: A Need for Unpopular Policies

    ICAEW has published its quarterly economic forecast for the UK. There are no startling findings but it is a useful overview nonetheless. They...

  3. Santander Acquisition of Banco Popular Espanol Should Set the Alarm Bells Ringing

    It was announced recently that Santander had acquired Banco Popular Español for €1, and that Santander intended to launch a rights issue and...

  4. The B-Word

    What would be the impact of Brexit on the business? After going around the issues for a few minutes, the answer emerged: none. While the business...

  5. Not A Good Week for Bankers or Was it Directors?

    Four ex-top-level executives of Barclays have been charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and a former European Bank for Reconstruction and...

  6. No Over-reaction to Inflation Figures

    It looks like inflation and it feels like inflation but is it inflation? The recent release of inflation figures by the ONS, showing a rise...