SME News
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2020-08-18
Telkom partners fintech Fundrr to provide SME loans
Telkom Business has partnered with fintech firm Fundrr to offer loans to local SMEs which are listed on the Yellow Pages by Telkom Business online platform. Since the introduction of SA’s strict lockdown regulations in Ma...
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2020-08-18
SMEs using an average of over £20,000 of personal savings to fully reopen
As businesses begin to reopen across the country, research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that SME owners are having to spend on average £21,830 to fully reopen, with over a fifth (21%) planning on using their personal savings to cov...
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2020-08-17
Small Business Development Center helps owners find grants
LEWISBURG — Bucknell's Small Business Development Center is enlarging its services to help small businesses find and apply for heretofore hard-to-find grants — CARES Act money — intended to help businesses survive during th...
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2020-08-17
EBRD and CaixaBank boost SME financing in Morocco
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting small businesses in Morocco to withstand the coronavirus pandemic with an approximately 430 million dirham (equivalent to circa €40 million) loan to CaixaBank’s Moro...
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2020-08-17
Most firms say recovery is on the way
Four in five SMEs are confident they will recover from Covid, according to research from digital bank Starling and the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA). A survey of more than 300 firms across a range of sectors also found that two thirds b...