HSBC boss Gayle Lacey: 2014 will be an exciting year for UK entrepreneurs

Speaking at Britain's Most Admired Companies awards 2013, Gayle Lacey, director of business banking at HSBC, said signs of a pick-up in the British economy will give SMEs a boost in 2014.

'We can see opportunties for innovative SMEs having a real opportunity to grow and develop. and one way the UK economy of course will improve is via exports. So small businesses have a big opportunity to showcase the best of British around the world,' Lacey said.