Well it is according to a press release sent out to all and sundry by Simply Business. Apparently they are seeing “an increase in small businesses seeking alternative sources of credit such as invoice discounting and factoring as banks refuse to give credit.”

I wonder where they are placing this increase in business as all of the factoring companies that I have been talking to say that new business is flat at the moment whilst the broking community are all looking a bit glum too. Even the ABFA try and put a positive spin on figures that show a constant decline in numbers of SME businesses taking advantage of the various forms of invoice finance.

I have always taken the view that if I have nothing to say, I say nothing – perhaps that’s where I’m going wrong 🙂