Asset finance

Covid: IGF provides £65m in new lending

Asset-based lender Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has so far provided £65 million of new lending...

Bathgate helps Leaf grow

Bathgate Business Finance has helped the expansion of Liverpool-based hospitality firm, Leaf, with finance...

Aldermore Connect webinar series launches

Aldermore has launched ‘Aldermore Connect’ – a series of regular, refreshed webinars that will...

Bathgate Business Finance hires leasing specialist

Bathgate Business Finance has appointed Rachel Berry as a business development manager (BDM). Berry (pictured)...

Asset finance market down 41% in June

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance...

Aldermore makes asset finance sales hire

Aldermore has appointed Rania Pugh as its new head of sales support for asset...

Allica Bank appoints asset finance BDM

Allica Bank has announced the appointment of Brandon Hall as senior business development manager...

Aldermore creates new commercial director for asset finance role

Aldermore Bank has the role of commercial director, asset finance sales, with the commercial...

UTB launches asset refinance and acquisition CBILS products for SMEs

United Trust Bank has launched a range of Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)...

Nearly £15bn provided through Covid lending schemes

Latest Treasury figures show that the banking and finance industry has provided almost £15 billion...

Asset finance new business down 28%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that total asset finance new business...

Covid-19: Aldermore offers asset finance under CBILS

Aldermore is now offering the asset finance variant of the British Business Bank’s Coronavirus...

Nucleus Commercial Finance appoints regional sales director

Nucleus Commercial Finance has expanded its asset based lending team (ABL) in Yorkshire, with...

Whisky distillery secures £3.5m ABL deal

Whisky maker The Lakes Distillery has received a £3.5 million asset-based lending facility from...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

Latest news

Home improvements remain leading reason for equity release

Home adaptations and improvements remained the most common reason for taking out a lifetime...

TMG launches consumer advice business

TMG Mortgage Network has launched a consumer-facing business offering mortgage, protection and later life...

Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

PROFILES