Invoice finance

New laws could provide invoice finance boost

The government has put forward new laws to arm small businesses against unfair contracts...

BFS backs new audiophile speaker manufacturer

Bibby Financial Services has provided an £850,000 funding facility to FYNE AUDIO, a new...

Barclays takes stake in MarketInvoice

Barclays is partnering with online invoice financing platform MarketInvoice. The bank has committed to a...

Foresight ups investment in Reward Finance to £50m

Reward Finance Group has secured an additional £10m investment from Foresight Group LLP, to...

Arbuthnot Commercial funds Pyroban growth 

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has reveal details of its latest deal with Pyroban, an international...

BFS now writing one in five of all invoice finance deals

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) made £220m in funding available to UK businesses during the...

Aldermore funds recruitment firm’s growth

Yorkshire based Mynt Recruitment has agreed a £825,000 invoice finance funding package with Aldermore,...

MatchPlace launches P2P invoice financing service

MatchPlace has introduced MatchPlace IF, its peer-to-peer invoice financing service. The new service is designed...

Aldermore backs refrigeration firm in £2m deal

Aldermore has provided a £2m bulk invoice discounting facility to Capital Cooling Refrigeration Limited,...

Invoice finance continues to set new records

New figures released by UK Finance show that the balance of pure invoice finance...

Invoice finance and asset-based lending up 5%

UK Finance has reported that invoice finance and asset-based lending stood at £23.4 billion...

Over one-third of SMEs think UK should remain in Single Market

Confidence among the the country's smallest companies has recovered to 2015 levels, according to...

Metro Bank provides £7m invoice finance facility

Metro Bank has provided Newey Group with £10 million of senior debt, a £7...

MarketInvoice reaches £2bn milestone

Business finance firm MarketInvoice has now advanced £2 billion worth of invoice finance and...

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Alan Cleary: Taking the helm at Chetwood Bank

When Alan Cleary retired from the mortgage industry in 2021 he thought his days of running banks were behind him. After more than three decades...

The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

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RICS survey points to further slowdown as landlords exit and sales activity eases

The August 2025 RICS Residential Market Survey has revealed a further weakening in sales...

TPFG helps generate 12,800 mortgages in first half of 2025

Estate agent network The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor,...

Revealed: Where buyers can still find homes under £150,000

Just 12% of homes for sale across Great Britain are priced below £150,000 new...

You can’t just turn on a tap and expect housing supply to flow

Yawn and stretch, the government have appointed a new housing Czar in place of...