Invoice finance

BFS appoints trade & international MD

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Phil Tobin as managing director of trade and...

Smaller businesses worried about rising costs

22% of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have said that rising...

IGF appoints invoice finance managing director

Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has recruited Mark Lindsay as its invoice finance managing director...

Aldermore makes key invoice finance hire

Aldermore has appointed Stephen Farrelly as head of relationship management in its Manchester office. ...

Medium-sized businesses hit hardest by late payments

61% of invoices issued by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) remain unpaid...

BFS grows its factoring market share

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased its share of the factoring market further in...

Three senior appointments at IGF

SME commercial finance provider, IGF, has announced the appointment of senior hires across the...

BFS moves to larger premises

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the move of its global headquarters. The SME finance...

BFS funds international equestrian business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £3.75 million funding and foreign exchange package...

Ultimate Finance expands south east team

SME cashflow finance provider Ultimate Finance has appointed Iain Hendry as regional director in...

Reformed payment reporting rules proposed

Large companies will be required to publish details on how quickly they pay their...

Ultimate Finance helps recruitment firm expand

Leicester-based Accept Recruitment, which supplies temporary staff for transport and industrial companies, is on...

SMEs need better protection against late payers

Hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not been protected from...

Ultimate Finance makes key sales appointment

Ultimate Finance has recruited Vince Tovey as its national head of sales for trade finance,...

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,...

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Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM)...

Conveyancing costs hold at 0.53% of house prices

Conveyancing costs remained unchanged as a proportion of UK house prices during the year...

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...

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