CEO, Ian Duffy Opinions on Government Support Initiatives

Ian Duffy, CEO SME Funding company Accelerated Payments

In terms of business and economic impact, extension of the government support initiatives is a stay of execution for the SME sector. It may extend lifelines for SMEs for an additional three months, but the market will eventually need to return to being predominantly funded by the private sector. So, an extension does not lessen […]

Talking Trends February 2021

Talking Trends

This blog forms part of a series where we identify common themes and trends over the previous month.   Positive   Business confidence in the UK appears to be improved as uncertainties around Brexit are made clear and there is a roadmap out of the Covid-19 crisis   Recovery Loan Scheme to be rolled out in UK in April, but SME’s are expected to return to non-covid finance options  Continued strong demand for US$ in Ireland, UK […]

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