Access to finance: Business needs confidence to borrow

CONFIDENCE is the key to bridging the gap between banks and business. That was the conclusion of a round table discussion on access to finance hosted by TheBusinessDesk.com

While banks are making funding available, a lack of confidence in the outlook for the UK economy is making firms cautious about taking on new borrowing.

The participants agreed that those businesses that are doing reasonably well, despite market conditions, need to find the confidence to start borrowing again.

Jim Sparling, of Barclays Corporat... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...