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Moody upgrades Skipton Building Society outlook Moody's is more than just a voice amongst the masses - it is an essential component of the global capital markets providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to…

UK SMEs ending year on a high British small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are feeling increasing confident going into 2014 thanks to the economic recovery over the last few months, according to representative body Federation…

’Subdued’ lending market a concern for SMEs Recently released Funding for Lending (FLS) figures have indicated that the credit market for small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains “subdued”. Approximately half of all SMEs that have…

Service sector buoyant ahead of growth forecasts The UK service sector, which makes up approximately 80% of the UK economy, saw strong growth again last month according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) scores. The headline Markit/…

Production returning home to UK More and more manufacturing firms are bringing their production lines back home to the UK, a new survey has revealed. 15% of SMEs are either in the process of bringing production back to British…