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Wednesday 18, August 2010 | The finance magazine for SMEs in the GCC
Islamic answers to SME finance needs
Editor's Letter
SME lending set to grow in the GCC
- 14 Designing a successful business?
- 16 Do you have what it takes?
- 28 How banks price loans to small business
Designing a successful business?
Fashion designer Mrs Najat Al Redha is the latest beneficiary of the Al Tomooh Finance Scheme in the UAE.
Do you have what it takes?
The 'entrepreneurial class' is key to ghe development of the GCC economies but becoming an entrepreneur and securing funding for your business growth can be an uphill battle.
How banks price loans to small business
Lending enables businesses to grow, take on more employees and ultimately generate greater wealth. But banks are businesses, not charities! And that's something small businesses need to remember.