Why SMEs are so optimistic in the face of Brexit Now that Theresa May has set out her 12 priorities for Brexit, and with Article 50 set to be triggered within weeks, are the UK’s SMEs starting to feel any effects? We caught up with Peter Alderson, managing director of LDF, the UK’s largest independent finance provider to SMEs, to find out how his clients [...]
What the Autumn Statement meant for SMEs This year's Autumn Statement saw the chancellor announce a mild loosening of the public finances in order to invest in closing the productivity gap between Britain and other developed nations. Against a backdrop of slower growth in 2017 and 2018, Philip Hammond’s measures focused on housing and infrastructure, and the allocation of funding towards innovative [...]