Each of those CDFIs counts 20% of their small business loan portfolios to veterans. Learn what they’re doing, why they’ve been successful, and the way your group can develop its loan portfolio by replicating components of those applications. Two CDFIs will share underwriting practices and case studies to assist CDFIs […]
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7 Things You Want To Implement Into Your Corporation Finances Now
Once firms pass out of the startup and growth stage, they want sufficient working capital to fund their daily operations. Working capital finance is a key element of all strong stability sheets because it mitigates the timing threat between collections and funds. Venture capital is for firms which have a […]
Retirements in peril as Covid hits finances of one in three older workers
The pandemic is wrecking millions of older workers’ retirement dreams as crashing stock markets and a wage slump make it impossible for them to give up work, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned. Huge numbers of pensioners could find themselves significantly worse off than planned in retirement, the IFS […]
Questor: its strong finances mean Whitbread will survive where others may not. Hold
However, May’s £1bn rights issue means risk-tolerant and patient investors can afford to stick around. Whitbread already had 18 months’ money at hand, assuming very little by way of revenues, and the cash injection enhances the FTSE 100 company’s ability to service its £2.5bn in lease liabilities. Moreover, the balance […]
solid finances, ideal trading conditions ahead and shares 30pc down make this a ‘buy’
Bellway, the housebuilder, has benefited greatly from government and central bank action over the past decade. Policies such as Help to Buy, which allows first-time buyers to purchase a home with only a 5pc deposit, and exceptionally low interest rates have combined to create good trading conditions for the business. Now […]
What Rishi Sunak should do in the July ‘Budget’ to bolster our personal finances
The British economy is in dire need of a jump start and the lifting of lockdown alone will not be enough for the millions of jobless Britons, those forced to take a pay cut and their ailing employers. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s generosity during the Covid crisis so far means that […]
Government considers measures to protect new mothers’ finances after 220,000 sign petition
The Government is exploring measures to help new mothers financially, after more than 220,000 people signed a petition calling for paid maternity leave to be extended by three months in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Tens of thousands of new mothers and pregnant women have written to the Government about […]
Mortgage payment holidays extended to October as fears grow for household finances
Homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage can now ask their bank for a further three month payment holiday. The Treasury and the City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), announced in March that all mortgage borrowers could ask for a three month payment break if they were struggling with the […]