Alternative capital solutions provider Duke Royalty said Tuesday it had increased its interim dividend by 17%, or 0.1p per share, quarter-on-quarter to 0.7p per share, supported by a rising royalty portfolio.
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Bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses has virtually halved since the financial crisis. New rules make it much tougher for banks to lend to most firms and many no longer even want to borrow from traditional lenders.
A Birmingham-based coatings manufacturer which was established in the 1940s has entered into a £9m royalty financing agreement with an investment company.
It’s a given that small companies still find it hard to borrow money at reasonable rates from the banks. Into this funding gap have sprung alternative forms of borrowing: crowdfunding, invoice factoring, angel investors.
