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                        <title><![CDATA[A simple guide to.... Import Finance]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Heard about Import Finance, but no idea how it works? Check out our simple guide here.]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:29:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Bridging the knowledge gap]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen, Managing Director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, examines a worrying lack of understanding amongst SMEs when it comes to their finances. ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Helping businesses turn a corner]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Invoice and asset based lending can provide an effective means to breathe new life into troubled yet viable businesses. Steve Websdale, ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Director, explains.
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                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Helping-businesses-turn-a-corner]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:16:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Case Study: PEARL AUTOMOTIVE LTD]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Sector: Supplier to the automotive aftermarket
Requirement: Refinance - Switch
Sector: Invoice Discounting / Stock Finance / Bad Debt Protection
Funding Line: £1.85m]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Case-Study--PEARL-AUTOMOTIVE-LTD]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:51:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Creative Thinking]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hamilton Bradshaw’s £19m structured facility from ABN AMRO Commercial Finance is a tailored ABL solution for a client with complex needs]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Creative-Thinking]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[A Unique Experience: a Q-A with Peter Ewen, former Chair of the IFG]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO Commercial Finance MD Peter Ewen talks about the two years he spent as Chair of the International Factors Group]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/A-Unique-Experience--a-Q-A-with-Peter-Ewen,-former]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Regional Spotlight: South]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Business is on the increase in ABN AMRO Commercial Finance’s South Central region, with many clients coming to invoice finance for the first time. Ian Burman, ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Sales Director for South Central, explains.]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:31:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Deal Makers]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Simon Bursell of Dains Corporate Finance explains his role in the MBO of Derby Express Couriers.]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:11:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Government must help exporters]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Government must help exporters. Terry Scuoler, chief executive of the manufacturers’ organisation EEF, is confident that UK manufacturers can help lead the country out of recession.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Government-must-help-exporters]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:41:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Manufacturing growth through British exports]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Guy Clapperton profiles four businesses led by bosses with an eye on export sales.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Manufacturing-growth-through-British-exports]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:41:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[UK must be best place to start and grow business]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Newly-appointed Business Minister Michael Fallon pledges to abolish red tape and free up UK companies seeking growth.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/UK-must-be-best-place-to-start-and-grow-business]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:36:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Brighter future as manufacturers battle for sustained growth]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Efforts to strengthen the UK’s manufacturing base are boosting exports and aiding economic recovery, writes Mark Milner]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Brighter-future-as-manufacturers-battle-for-sustai]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Risk and Returns]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[TRADING RISK While choppy markets can throw out trading opportunities, Joe McGrath from Raconteur Media asks what is the best approach to minimise risk?]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Risk-and-Returns]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:16:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Breaking the funding barrier]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Patrick Murphy of Fairway Business Finance tells Vfiles what he believes can be done to encourage SMEs to borrow and grow.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Breaking-the-funding-barrier]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:58:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Lets return to hands on financing]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[SMEs say they aren’t being given the funding they need in order to grow. Lenders say too many SMEs fail to meet risk criteria. Peter Ewen says it’s time for a return to fully engaged financing]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Lets-return-to-hands-on-financing]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The First 100 Days]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[ABL can play a valuable role in profitable and effective acquisitions]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/The-First-100-Days]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Leaping the hurdles]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[What's holding businesses back?

Debbie Bell, Regional Sales Director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, examines the fear holding businesses back from seeking finance. With contribution from Jeremy Cole, Partner at Cole Associates Corporate Finance
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                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Leaping-the-hurdles]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:50:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The Road Ahead]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[A harmonised legal and regulatory system would allow the factoring industry to be better understood and viewed as a cost effective finance tool]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/The-Road-Ahead]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:27:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[A World of Opportunity]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO Commercial Finance International Manager Peter Brinsley explains how invoice and trade finance facilities can help both exporters and importers]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/A-World-of-Opportunity]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:48:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Benefits]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[With private equity investment activity on the rise, Asset Based Lending (ABL) is playing an increasing role in funding buy-outs]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Private-Equity-Benefits]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 10:36:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Finance boom time despite the slump]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[For many businesses hit by a cash-flow crisis in recent years, commercial finance has been
the difference between survival and going under. As a result, the commercial finance industry has recorded strong growth, even at the recession’s peak, reports Jason Hesse.
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                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Finance-boom-time-despite-the-slump]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[How to cope with a cash squeeze]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[More than three years on from the financial crisis and Britain’s legion of smaller companies, the lifeblood of any economy, still face an uphill slog when it comes to sourcing enough cash, writes Elliot Wilson]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/How-to-cope-with-a-cash-squeeze]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:58:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[When business success is a question of funding]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Founder of the School for Startups, Doug Richard is at the
forefront of entrepreneurial endeavour. Dan Matthews
asks the business mentor and original TV Dragon how best
to finance growth.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/When-business-success-is-a-question-of-funding]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:10:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Is UK economy adapting to tough 'new normal'?]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[As a period of low interest rates looks like coming to an end, businesses
could find it harder still to secure finance, warns Charles Orton-Jones.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Is-UK-economy-adapting-to-tough--new-normal--]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:32:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Is this a solution to the credit crunch?]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[A gloomy risk outlook and hesitant consumer spending has weighed heavy on the asset finance industry, but this type of borrowing could still be the best bet for cash-strapped companies, as Dan Matthews reports.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Is-this-a-solution-to-the-credit-crunch-]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Making the most of Commercial Finance]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[As Chancellor George Osborne’s £20-billion credit easing scheme for
small businesses gets off the ground, critics argue the plan will make little
difference to cash-starved firms, writes Elliot Wilson.]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:42:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Oiling the Wheels]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen, managing director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, urges businesses to grow their way to recovery.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Oiling-the-Wheels]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Acquisition Tips]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cliff Meek, Regional Director at Invoice and Asset Based Lender, ABN AMRO Commercial Finance offers some advice on buying and selling businesses from a buyers perspective.]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Acquisition-Tips]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:54:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The Starting Gate]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Providers of factoring facilities are uniquely placed to support start-ups]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/THE-STARTING-GATE]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:48:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Conserving Client Momentum ]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Mark Lee FCA encourages practitioners to take a holistic view of client operations to conserve momentum]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Conserving-Client-Momentum]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Know Your Assets ]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Invoice finance unlocks working capital for forward-thinking businesses]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Know-Your-Assets]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Advice Clinic: Sector Watch ]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Peadar O’Reilly, Regional Director (NW), gives his views on the current state of the M-A market and what sectors to watch out for in the coming months]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Advice-Clinic--Sector-Watch]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Turning the Corner]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO Commercial Finance’s Cashflow Barometer suggests that SMEs have turned an important corner on the road back to solid growth]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/TURNING-THE-CORNER-WITH-INVOICE---ASSET-BASED-LEND]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:47:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Standing Together]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Changes at ABN AMRO herald good news for UK companies, as ABN’s Luuc Mannaerts and Venture’s Peter Ewen explain]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Standing-Together]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:06:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The Squeezed Middle: Breaking Free]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Our latest Credit Check Survey paints a worrying picture of the MSB sector, but Peter Ewen asserts that owners should be looking beyond the problems to the solutions]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/The-Squeezed-Middle--Breaking-Free]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:45:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Positive Planning: The New Face of Refinancing]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Steve Websdale looks at how the renewed business focus on medium and longer term strategy is creating the need for a new kind of “progressive” refinancing]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Positive-Planning--The-New-Face-of-Refinancing]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:05:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Advice Clinic: Unlocking Assets]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cliff Meek,Venture Structured Finance Regional Director, gives his advice on how businesses can utilise their assets to facilitate growth]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Advice-Clinic--Unlocking-Assets]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:01:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Private Practice]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Venture Structured Finance Regional Director Patrick Wilkins explains the role that asset based lending can play in private equity-backed deals]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:24:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Q-A: FastTrack Invoice Discounting ]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Vfiles talks to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance's Alison Small Managing Director, North about the new FastTrack Invoice Discounting facility]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Q-A--FastTrack-Invoice-Discounting]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:43:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[A Budget for Enterprise?]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Vfiles assesses just how enterprise-friendly the 2011 Budget is]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/A-Budget-for-Enterprise-]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:50:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Import Finance]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Our two-part series regarding Trading Overseas concludes with  Brian Colvill, Venture's Trade Finance Manager explaining how Import Finance can help resolve cashflow issues for overseas traders]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Import-Finance]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen Venture Managing Director states that a new approach is required from financiers and SMEs if they are to meet their growth objectives this year ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:16:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO Commercial Finance's Alison Small MD - North explains why those refinancing their business need to consider financial headroom ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:43:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:39:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO Commercial Finance's Cliff Meek, outlines the steps companies can take to make funding deals more likely to succeed in the current climate]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:09:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Following our ThinkTank debate, Kate Sharp and Peter Ewen met to discuss the role Invoice and Asset Based Lending can play in helping SMEs to grow. Read their conclusions here ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen examines the state of UK SME business finance and explains his view on a new common sense approach to lending in a changed finance environment ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:58:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[David Coulton, VSF Regional Director discusses partial exits as a route for business owners planning their retirement]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:57:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The Real Value of Invoice Finance ]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen explains the real value of invoice finance and why businesses can not afford to dismiss it as a funding option]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:17:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[KPMG’s Nigel Spare tells Vfiles that businesses taking advantage of the taxman’s flexibility should beware... ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:45:59 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Accountants Survey: Unless SMEs find a way to defuse the cash crisis, the fragile economic recovery could explode... ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:19:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[ABN AMRO Commercial Finance’s Steve Websdale on the problems that may arise when companies are considered on historic numbers]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:13:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[The IOD's Alexander Ehmann says businesses are still not getting the funding they require]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:45:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Successful acquirers tend to have a clear strategic direction says VSF Regional Director Peadar O'Reilly]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:41:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Overtrading may not be the only hazard  as the economy improves, and businesses should look carefully at their finances]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Cash is still king and ABL is playing an increasingly important role in helping businesses to manage cashflow]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:21:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[A new government means new economic policies. Venture's Patrick Wilkins discusses the likely impact on deal making activity]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:55:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The New Reality]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Many companies are refinancing themselves as they adjust their business plans. Steve Websdale look at the role of ABL]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:09:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen outlines how effective client service plays a pivotal role in establishing lasting and productive relationships]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:08:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Top Tips on buying a business in a downturn]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Top tips on buying a business in the current economic climate]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:12:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Advice Clinic: Has Cheap Credit gone for good?]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cliff Meek, Midlands VSF Regional Director (Midlands) explains the effects of low debt availability on the M-A market]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:55:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Drop the alternative ]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen explains that the ABL Industry must drop all references to ‘alternative’ finance and embrace its mainstream position]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:12:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen, discusses the threat of bad debt to businesses and how more effective communication needs to be urgently employed ]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Shelter-from-the-storm]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Turning the situation around]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Today more UK businesses will find themselves facing a turnaround situation. Steve Websdale, outlines how ABL can help
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                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/Using-ABL-to-finance-a-turnaround-situation]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:59:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[Crunch Control]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Late payment is a growing problem for UK business. Alison Small, explains, now is the time to review credit control procedures ]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:15:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[ABL - the missing piece?]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Peter Ewen, reveals why businesses should consider ABL as an alternative method of funding in these challenging economic times]]></description>
                        <link><![CDATA[http://www.venture-finance.co.uk/Vfiles/Articles/ABL-and-willing]]></link> 
                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:03:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <title><![CDATA[The rise and rise of Asset Based Lending]]></title>
                        <description><![CDATA[Steve Websdale discusses how businesses are awaking to ABL and how it can deliver a funding lifeline during the economic slowdown]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Venture is committed to supporting viable companies through difficult times, says Stephen Farrelly]]></description>
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                    	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:09:25 GMT</pubDate>
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