18
Jan
2012
Fantasy Football | by: Richard Grainger
We have reached the half way point of the Premier league season
There have been some surprising performances, such as the Swansea Keeper Vorm and the entire Newcastle back line.
There have also been some expensive flops, Torres and Carroll being the biggest culprits
The HCIF premier league is looking as though it is a battle between the top 10 teams, with 74 points seperating our current leader Steve Green with HCIF's own Bethan Davies in 10th place
The winner of our December Manager...
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If you’re running a small to medium sized enterprise (SME), you’ll be aware of the importance of always having access to a healthy cashflow. Here at Hitachi we’re in a unique position to offer expert advice and support to SME’s, due to the close relationship we develop with our clients and the long-term outlook we apply to our financial services.
With this in mind, we’re running a series of blogs on the best ways to effectively manage your cash flow. In our last instalment we spoke ...
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08
Nov
2011
Fantasy Football | by: Richard Grainger
We have reached the end of October, and it is very tight at the top of the HCIF Premier League. Our current leader is Gary Sherwood, with 592 points. Gary has a narrow 2 point lead over Nick Sylvester, and then there is a small gap to the chasing pack
Current ‘form’ players are Robin Van Persie and Gareth Bale, both of whom are in the team of our October manager of the month. Ian Nash took the October prize, with an impressive haul of 225 points for the month. Ian’s decision to pi...
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It’s a scary thing but I notice that insolvencies shown in the London Gazette are up 7.8% in Q3 of 2011, with the Midlands and the North East the worst effected areas. This is as HM Customs begin to get tougher on VAT arrears and so this trend of business failure looks to continue. In London the trend isn’t growing – possibly fuelled by the Olympic spend as the construction industry is the worst effected area across the UK.
As an invoice finance provider, I think this gives us an op...
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I passionately believe that invoice finance, invoice factoring, invoice discounting, cashflow finance, receivables finance or whatever title you care to use is the key to helping UK SMEs grow their business in these difficult times. Invoice finance has continued to grow in popularity for both SMEs and larger companies according to the latest quarterly figures released by Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA).
Total advances of pure invoice finance currently stand at £13.3bn, showing stro...
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