What we’ve read this week
The Chancellor delivers the Spring Budget, triggering stakeholder reaction (BBC News)
Last Wednesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, delivered the Spring Budget for 2017; the final Budget to take place in the spring. BBC News has collated reaction from a whole range of stakeholders on the key announcements, which can be read by clicking on the link below.
Calling all tech start-ups! Business owners have appetite for apps (Trainline in startups.co.uk)
New survey research from Trainline, the key findings of which are featured at startups.co.uk, have indicated the “appetite” among business owners for apps. More on this can be found by clicking on the link below.
SMEs target overseas trade outside EU (Albion Ventures in smallbusiness.co.uk)
According to new findings from Albion Ventures, featured at smallbusiness.co.uk, the majority (55%) of SMEs “plan to enter new markets in the next two years and of these, more plan to look beyond the Eurozone for new overseas trade than within it”.
Asset based finance to businesses jumps to 22.2 billion in a year (Asset Based Finance Association in smallbusiness.co.uk)
According to new findings from the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA), featured in smallbusiness.co.uk, “asset based finance to businesses is up 13 per cent since last year, hitting an all-time high of £22.2 billion, rising from £20.6 billion the previous year”.