All articles by Lorenzo Migliorato

Lorenzo Migliorato

1pm profits up 17% to £4.3m for FY 2017

Group sees market valuation spike by 65% after multiple acquisition last year.

UHY: Lending to UK private sector down 20% since 2008

EEA countries fare badly overall, emerging markets like BRICs boom by over 200%.

BVRLA: PCHs drive vehicles leases for Q2 2017

Overall market for cars and LCVs up 7.6% to 1.35m vehicles.

STB appoints director for North-East and Yorkshire

Gribbon previously spent 26 years at RBS in a similar position.

Equifax: Contact data for 400k UK customers breached

Hack of UK customers’ information was made possible by accidental transfer of UK data overseas between 2011 and 2016.

BDRC: SMEs content not to rely on external finance

Smaller firms accept slower growth, rely on trade credit and fund injections rather than taking on debt with third parties.

EBRD in loans to Mongolian, Armenian SMEs

Packages fall under the Early Transition Countries initiative aimed at former Socialist countries.

EIB loans €420m to Portugal’s water supplier

First tranche for infrastructure upgrade will go through state-owned water company, while second one might target municipalities directly.

Aldermore: almost half of UK SMEs unaware of GDPR

Only one in ten is fully prepared for EU regulations coming May 2018

UPDATE: Equifax faces double class action in US

Lawsuits filed in Oregon and company’s hometown of Atlanta claim tens of billions in compensation for customers’ data hack.