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  Bridging the knowledge gap

  Peter Ewen, Managing Director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, examines a worrying lack of understanding amongst SMEs when it comes to their finances.
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  Helping businesses turn a corner

  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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  Case Study: PEARL AUTOMOTIVE LTD

  Sector: Supplier to the automotive aftermarket Requirement: Refinance - Switch Sector: Invoice Discounting / Stock Finance / Bad Debt Protection Funding Line: £1.85m
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  Creative Thinking

  Hamilton Bradshaw’s £19m structured facility from ABN AMRO Commercial Finance is a tailored ABL solution for a client with complex needs
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  A Unique Experience: a Q&A with Peter Ewen, former Chair of the IFG

  ABN AMRO Commercial Finance MD Peter Ewen talks about the two years he spent as Chair of the International Factors Group
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  Regional Spotlight: South

  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.
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  Deal Makers

  Simon Bursell of Dains Corporate Finance explains his role in the MBO of Derby Express Couriers.
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  Lets return to hands on financing

  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
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  Q&A: FastTrack Invoice Discounting

  Vfiles talks to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance's Alison Small Managing Director, North about the new FastTrack Invoice Discounting facility
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  How to Kick Start Growth

  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
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  Export Finance

  In the first of a two-part series on Trading Overseas, International Manager Peter Brinsley explains how factoring and invoice discounting can enable businesses to grow their export revenues
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  The Real Value of Invoice Finance

  Peter Ewen explains the real value of invoice finance and why businesses can not afford to dismiss it as a funding option
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  A Ticking Time Bomb?

  Accountants Survey: Unless SMEs find a way to defuse the cash crisis, the fragile economic recovery could explode...
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  Restoring Balance

  ABN AMRO Commercial Finance’s Steve Websdale on the problems that may arise when companies are considered on historic numbers
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  Championing Cashflow

  Cash is still king and ABL is playing an increasingly important role in helping businesses to manage cashflow