Recently we have had a number of enquiries from businesses that need help and advice because they have ended up in a banks specialist lending or intensive care unit. If a business has had a dip in performance thee banks take the opportunity to move the business to this specialist division of the bank. Whilst the business does not need to be a basket case the cynical amongst us might think that the banks are taking the opportunity to slap a load of unnecessary charges onto their customer. Any business having such an experience will know all too well that they use this as an opportunity to increase interest rates and charge monthly management fees. In deed many businesses don’t ever come out and allot will end up going into administration. If ever there was a case for not having too many eggs in ones basket!

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