North East Business News

Issue 97

What did you set out to achieve this year? We set out to achieve a 9th consecutive year of growth when we looked at our key metrics ahead of the current financial year, but we also wanted to make sure we were looking after our existing customers as well as we could. This became even more important as the business community tried to deal with the uncertainty created by the autumn mini-budget 2022. The turbulence from that mini budget affected interest rates, business confidence and lender credit appetite and so we have worked hard to make sure our clients can still access funding to allow them to achieve the business goals. Has everything gone according to plan? No absolutely not! Does it ever? The world is a difficult place now and business is impacted by global problems, whether it be political or economic. We have had to navigate a particularly…