Posted by Guy Clapperton on 19th March 2008.
I was going to try to be erudite on my own behalf today. To look at the current difficulties in banking, to consider what’s going on under the bonnet of the major lending institutions and to consider what effect this would have on the smaller operators (like SmallBizPod readers) who depend on the institutions for [...]
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Posted by Guy Clapperton on 20th February 2008.
Readers of this blog will realise I’ve been banging on about the Government’s indecision in the case of Northern Rock, so you can understand why I’m a little relieved that they’ve at last done something. Granted it was only because plan A had failed several times, which is infinitely less than ideal, but at least [...]
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Posted by Guy Clapperton on 23rd January 2008.
OK, it’s got to be faced - there is going to be some sort of slowdown in the UK. The Prime Minister will say it’s largely because of American influence, which will be largely true, but will we care? The fact is that we’re going to be finding things tougher, Northern Rock support or otherwise. [...]
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