Banking
Euro fever overshadows pound’s strength against other currencies
Euro fever – and we’re not talking about the football - is gripping the nation and putting traditional holiday haunts such as Spain and France firmly back on the map but is this overshadowing the potential for cost-saving that still remains outside the Eurozone?
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks launch prepaid currency card
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched a new prepaid currency card in partnership with MasterCard.
Northern Road motors ahead with HSBC funding
HSBC has provided a comprehensive funding package to facilitate the management buy-in of Northern Road Service & Engineering, a Newark-based specialist engine-repair and motor servicing business.
M&S Travel Money warns Euro 2012 travellers to plan ahead
M&S Money is urging football fans to be cautious when purchasing currency for this summer's Euro 2012 matches, which take place in the Ukraine and Poland from 8th June - 1st July.
N&P Gold Account users keep current online
More than four out of five new customers who opened an award-winning Gold current account with Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) run their finances online, new research by the society has found.
Fashion importer targets growth with Santander
Wells-based women's fashion importer, Skape, has its sights set on future growth after securing a new funding deal from Santander Corporate Banking.
The Co-op finances UK's largest community-owned wind farm
A remote Scottish community is set to enjoy an economic boost of more than £20m after The Co-operative Bank agreed to finance the UK's largest community wind farm.
Businesses urged to enter National Business Awards
The region's smaller businesses have been urged to enter the National Business Awards' Small to Medium-sized Business of the Year Award, sponsored by Santander Corporate Banking.
Three in ten regularly use packaged current account benefits
Packaged current accounts are here to stay, with around 10 million consumers using one and more than 40 packaged accounts on the market. But despite their familiarity, consumers are still falling into some common traps.
Business hotting-up for newly formed biomass energy co-operative
Business is hotting-up for a newly formed Bury-based energy co-operative which has secured its first contract and is set to install a biomass boiler and viewing room at a church and social club in Ellesmere Port, Merseyside.
Go Pizza is go-go-going for growth
Lancashire-based fresh, fast and good value food company Go Pizza, is set for growth and creating more than 20 new jobs, following a new finance arrangement with Santander Corporate Banking.
Post Office is 'on the ball' for Euro 2012
From 22 May football fans planning trips to Euro 2012 in June will be able to buy Ukraine currency in their local Post Office.
Plan ahead to take full advantage of strong currency rates
Brits planning to head into Europe or further afield this summer can cash in by taking advantage of a strengthening pound against a number of foreign currencies giving them more money to spend abroad, according to analysis from MoneySupermarket.com.
HSBC lends £3.1 billion to SMEs in the first three months of 2012
HSBC provided £3.1 billion of gross lending to UK Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the first three months of 2012, an increase close to 7% (over £200 million) on the same period in 2011.
Flexicare secures HSBC funding to propel development
Flexicare, a leading UK manufacturer of medical devices, has secured funding from HSBC to boost manufacturing capacity and support product development in response to continued international expansion.