Industry News

The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) takes a considered and structured approach to media relations on behalf of its Members. Industry press releases are issued regularly and the Asset Based Finance Association and industry news is often featured in the national, regional and trade press.

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• Nick Mattison – [email protected]

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For more information on the Asset Based Finance Association Media Programme in general please contact Matthew Davies, the ABFA Head of Communications.

• 40% increase in SME access to asset based finance according to new figures from ABFA
• London Bridge Plc announced as Title Sponsor at the Finance Professional Show 2014
• Knowledge is power! IFG announces unique 2015 education programme
• Biggest quarter ever for asset based finance as businesses borrow a record £18.9bn
• Fraudulent website claims to be ABFA Member
• Local councils lag far behind Government guidance on supplier payment
• SME lending announcement to deliver major boost to small business funding says ABFA
• Smallest businesses forced to wait over three weeks longer for payment than biggest companies
• Finance Professional Show 2014 Registration is now open
• Small Business Bill outlaws clauses preventing use of invoice finance
• Business Finance Guide a crucial tool for businesses across economy – ABFA
• IFG’s eagerly awaited Global Industry Activity Report for 2013 is now complete
• Queen’s Speech: Small Business Bill a huge boost for SME funding says ABFA
• ABFA appoints new Chief Executive
• €1.3bn of asset based finance was in use by 2,000 Irish companies at any one time over past year according to new figures from the ABFA
• Record year for asset based finance as businesses step up borrowing against invoices to fund growth
• Jeff Longhurst announced as new head of the ABFA
• ABFA taking part in ‘Boosting Finance’ – the new British Business Bank
• Kate Sharp to leave the Asset Based Finance Association
• Comment on the Budget from the Asset Based Finance Association
• Asset based finance clients in Republic of Ireland grow by six per cent
• The ABFA comments on British Chamber of Commerce predictions of pre-recession peak to UK GDP
• ABFA Achievers Awards 2014
• Asset based finance sector – best quarterly performance since recession
• City Meets Richmond Businesses sponsored by the ABFA
• New Chairman of the ABFA
• Strongest ever quarter for asset based finance clients – total turnover breaks £71 bn
  
• EUF introduces the world’s first translation tool for the Factoring and Commercial Finance Industry
• EUF’s unique comparative Legal Study updated for 2013
• Corporate LiveWire’s Virtual Round Table – Asset Based Finance 2013
• Report shows increase in use of external finance by SMEs in Quarter 2 of 2013
• ABFA launches self-regulatory framework and appoints chairperson of new Professional Standards Council
• Business Secretary launches guide to sources of alternative finance
• The Asset Based Finance Association comments on the extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme.
• EUF Spring 2013 Newsletter Now Available
• Rising confidence in the asset based finance sector
• Translation of the EUF Glossary Available Online Now
• Join the ICAEW "Boosting Finance Forum" 6 December 2012
• EUF Autumn 2012 Newsletter Now Available
• Factoring and Commercial Finance Continues to Grow in 2012
• New Chairman places imperative on customer service
• ABFA response to recent media coverage – 14 September 2012
• Asset Based Finance continues to grow despite challenging times
• Annual Review 2011 Now Available
• ABFA Announces Its New On-Line Compliance Library
• ABFA Certificate Course – The Second 2012 Intake
• Invoice finance growing – but firms still wary of new investment
• 5 A Side Football Tournament 2012 Review
• Asset based finance industry forecasts 9% growth in 2012
• The ABFA Senior Executive Seminar 2012 Now Taking Bookings
• Bookings Are Now Being Taken For ABFA Annual Dinner 2012
• EUF Spring 2012 Newsletter Now Available
• Second ABFA and APSCo Recruitment Supply Chain Business Forum
• Comment on the 2012 Budget
• Bookings Now Being Taken for the ABFA Football Tournament
• ABFA Welcomes the Recommendations of the Breedon Review
• Large Firms Turn to Invoice Finance as both Turnover and Funding Growth Continues
• Small Business Finance Directory launched to help small businesses find commercial finance
• ABFA Educational Awards Dinner 2012 – Tickets Now on Sale
• ABFA Annual Conference Dates for 2012 Are Announced
• CFA’s Annual International lending Conference
• BCR’s 12th Annual Conference & Exhibition
• Free Access to the on-line World Factoring Yearbook
• ABFA Certificate Course – The First 2012 Intake
• ABFA Course Brochure For 2012 Now Available
• ABFA Diploma Student Registration Period For 2012 Arrives
• UK tops European invoice finance statistics
• Increased funding to British and Irish businesses using invoice finance – but firms remain cautious