Modeling private sector finance adoption for SmartStart cities

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

During the first two months of the pandemic, many small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) underwent two years’ worth of digital transformation. And over the past six months, SMEs have gone through even more change as they search for a “new normal.” Of course, none of this has really felt normal. And many SME IT leaders have begun to realize that any sense of normalcy we do come to won’t be something that happens on its own. The new normal is going to be something they create.

whitePaper | February 24, 2022

Small businesses borrow mainly for four reasons: to start a business, purchase inventory, expand, or to strengthen the firm’s financial health. Firms choose different means of financing depending on the intended purpose.

whitePaper | November 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, technological disruption, socioeconomic stratification and related social unrest as well as changing expectations about business have all proven in different ways that we are at a crossroad. The role of business in this context is now widely understood. However, most of the attention and headlines focus on initiatives from large multinationals and industry leaders, while small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are only sporadically recognized and often neglected as major drivers of economic activity, as well as social and environmental progress around the world.

whitePaper | March 29, 2021

The idea behind enterprise resource planning (ERP) is to provide a business with a single product that provides software to support the main business functions in the company. For smaller businesses, choosing an ERP system is a double-edged sword.

whitePaper | December 15, 2021

This report uncovers the impact the pandemic has had on SMEs’ attitude to Industry 4.0 technologies. It highlights the barriers and the corresponding policies of the SMEs they have to overcome in achieving a wider adoption of digital technology.

whitePaper | April 1, 2021

Our unique position at the intersection of government and financial markets enables us to identify and reduce imbalances in access to finance; create a more diverse market; and increase the supply of finance for the entrepreneurs and business owners at the very heart of the British economy.