Asset finance

Paragon marks decade of SME lending with £3.6bn milestone

Paragon Bank has marked 10 years since its move into SME finance by surpassing...

Suros Capital lends £105,000 against luxury watches to support Spanish development

Suros Capital has provided a £105,000 loan to a property developer after agreeing secured...

Stance Asset Finance hires Alex Fowler ahead of 2026 launch

Stance Asset Finance has named Alex Fowler as broker development manager as the lender...

Asset finance demand expected to lead SME funding needs through 2026

Asset finance is set to dominate SME funding demand in the next 12 months,...

Geoff Worrall to drive new lending push at Time Finance

Time Finance has strengthened its asset finance leadership team with the appointment of Geoff...

United Trust Bank to launch Stance Asset Finance in 2026

United Trust Bank is preparing to launch a new asset finance brand, Stance Asset...

Digital overhaul spices up specialist lending for Paragon Bank

Paragon Banking Group has reported another year of resilient profit growth, increased shareholder returns...

NACFB appoints Simon Featherstone as new chair for two-year term

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers has appointed Simon Featherstone as its new...

Gold collection enables rapid £150k loan for business owner

A marketing entrepreneur has secured a four-month £150,000 loan against his gold collection after...

Time Finance bolsters regional expansion with new business development hire

Time Finance has strengthened its vendor finance operation with the appointment of Gil Dudson...

UTB backs plant hire firm with £900,000 asset finance facility

United Trust Bank has provided a £900,000 asset finance facility to a plant hire...

Time Finance strengthens South East presence with senior hire

Time Finance has expanded its reach across London and the South East with the...

Time Finance lending book reaches record £230m

Time Finance has reported its lending portfolio has reached an all-time high of £230...

Asset Advantage broadens SME funding options with two new business loan products

Asset Advantage has expanded its support for UK small and medium-sized enterprises with the...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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