175 companies attend PopUp Bank credit forum

OVER 175 businesses yesterday attended the Mid-West’s first Pop Up Bank initiative at Thomond Park.

The Pop Up Bank concept is the brainchild of accountancy firm O’Donovan Caulfield Lavin and involved 23 exhibitors, including lending institutions, support agencies and capital investors.

Organiser Jim O’Donovan said: “SMEs form a large part of our business and access to credit has been a huge issue for many of them. Credit is the lifeblood of the SME sector and we wanted to do something constructive to help companies to access credit.