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...Senior BNP Paribas executives are to tour the Middle East in coming days in an attempt to raise fresh capital and shore up confidence in France’s biggest bank....
...From small manufacturers and up-and-coming designers to luxury tour operators and firms of lawyers, businesses are being hampered by banks that are still nursing the wounds inflicted by a frenzied lending...
...recently backed a management buyout of Avocet Hardware, which supplies screws, nails and other ironmongery products to DIY retailers such as B&Q and Wickes, and the expansion of Original Travel, a high-end tour...
...For example, they might not provide floorplans, virtual tours or street maps. Foxtons says: “None of these companies are household names and do not have the critical mass to target enough buyers.”...
...Summer trading at MyTravel has been encouraging, but will be cancelled out by higher fuel prices, the tour operator said on Thursday as it reported a narrowing of half-year losses....
...Like many tour operators, Kuoni had an extremely difficult year last year as a result of increased security concerns, the Iraq war and Sars....
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