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Data is the new oil? That's just too much
Judging by Google, there seem to be a lot of people around at the moment who are opening their presentations with the bold statement that "data is the new oil". It's a pretty exciting and thought-provoking way to get people's attention.... News | 24 Jun 2011
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Cisco adds partner rebates to extended EasyLease scheme
Cisco's financing arm, Cisco Capital, is to extend its EasyLease low rate financing programme through to the end of July and added five year deals and up-front rebates to the scheme. The offer, which is open to the full gamut of Cisco partners, from ... News | 02 Jun 2011
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Ingram Micro to offer £100K SMB credit limits
Broadline distributor Ingram Micro has announced a major expansion of its CreditBuilder+ programme within the UK and will now offer credit facilities of up to £100,000 to SMB resellers over a 12 month period. The programme was originally launch... News | 02 Jun 2011
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Finance not seen as problem for optimistic mid-market
Smaller firms might still be struggling to get credit and blame the banks for keeping too tight a grip on the purse strings but in the mid-market there appears to be more optimism around the chances of getting finance. CEOs and CFOs of mid-market fi... News | 31 May 2011
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IT failure rates stable as health of SME sector improves
The number of IT firms hitting the wall has stabilised with the number of insolvencies last month dropping slightly year-on-year. The latest figures from Experian indicate that 51 IT firms hit the wall in April, down 8.93% on last year, and the leve... News | 26 May 2011
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Project Merlin fails to increase bank lending
No surprise the banks are failing to increase lending tosmall companies despite the much heralded "Project Merlin" agreed with the UK government back in February. For the first quarter, the big five high street banks lent a total of £... News | 24 May 2011
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Banks failing to lend small firms the funds they promised
The banks are continuing to fail to provide credit for small businesses and are set to miss the targets they agreed with the government to start providing money to cash strapped firms. But figures from the Bank of England for the first quarter show t... News | 24 May 2011
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Europe shines in upbeat quarter for Tech Data
European sales shone for Computer 2000 parent Tech Data in the first quarter of its fiscal 2012, which closed on April 30. With regionalrevenues up 18 per cent year-on-year (14 per cent at Euro rates)to $3.7bn (£2.29bn), the region easily outdi... News | 23 May 2011
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Growth fund unlikely to deliver for majority of channel
The impact of the government's business growth fund is expected to be minimal on smaller resellers as most would prefer to stick with traditional methods of getting access to finance. Measures outlined in the Budget to spark off more investment in t... News | 19 May 2011
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2e2 cuts back borrowing on strong Morse profits
ICT services provider 2e2 has reduced the level of its bank borrowing on the back of profits contributed by Morse, which it acquired last year. Unveiling full-year results to the end of December 2010this morning, 2e2 chief executive Burt said: "... News | 19 May 2011