Invoice finance

NACFB chief to step down

Adam Tyler, chief executive of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB), has announced...

160% Midlands’ transaction growth for BFS

Invoice finance provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has increased funding for corporate businesses in...

Aldermore hires business development head

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Stuart Baty as head of business development –...

BFS offers 100% initial commercial pre-payment

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has launched 100% initial pre-payment (IP) for commercial businesses. Dave Golding,...

New high for SME lending

Small business lending hit an all-time high over the past 12 months, according to...

NACFB Commercial Finance Expo to expand for 2017

The NACFB's Commercial Finance Expo (CFE) will to a larger venue at the NEC...

Ultimate Finance funds recruitment agency expansion

Ultimate Finance has provided a £425,000 funding arrangement to Edgar Stewart. The Edinburgh-based recruitment specialist...

BFS deal supports skiwear business

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has signed a £2.6 million funding deal to support skiwear...

Brightstar moves into invoice and asset finance

Brightstar Financial has launched its invoice and asset finance offering, following a seven month...

One in four SMEs suffer bad debt of over £10k

Over a quarter of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, suffer...

Ultimate Finance hires senior South East regional director

Ultimate Finance Group has appointed Simon Adcock as senior regional director for the South...

Ultimate Finance pledges post Brexit support for SMEs

Ultimate Finance Group has revealed that its total loan book to the UK SME sector has exceeded £100 million. It added that "significant further funds"...

Strong June for BFS

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has revealed that June was its best month on record since...

Bibby secures €150m European SME funding

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has secured a new three-year €150 million funding agreement with...

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

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...

PROFILES