
AFN Programme Director
The AFN provides a much needed forum for harnessing and sharing market intelligence and thought leadership on the issues that matter in SME finance, and I hope to welcome you as a member to one of our regular seminars"






For the next Alternative Funding Network seminar, on Thursday March 16th, we're bringing together a group of companies that are working to change the way corporate supply chains are funded, using different takes on Supply Chain Finance.
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Without education, we're stupid
58% of all children leave school or college without having had any financial education.
These young adults face important decisions - paying bills, whether or not to have a credit card, taking on student loans, renting somewhere to live, maybe even one day starting a business - and they're doing it without the benefit of any financial education whats...
It's January.Â
It's cold, wet and miserable.Â
The gyms are packed with people who are starting as they have absolutely no intention of carrying on.
And economists are caveating their predictions with everything they've got - whilst trying (and failing) to consign Michael Gove’s acidic comments about 'experts' to the past.
I've listened to quite a few economists this week, and I can report that the...
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2016 – undeniably a turbulent year in all respects. Whilst we can’t predict the economic impact of triggering Article 50 and the incoming US administration, we can at least predict some of the legal and regulatory changes that 2017 has in stor...
The last month has been notably buoyant in support for the UK FinTech industry. The Autumn Statement announced a number of initiatives geared towards encouraging the continued growth of FinTech in the UK. Earlier on in November the FCA announced that its application windo...