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New managing director for Sirius Finance

William Lloyd-Hayward has been appointed as managing director of Sirius Finance. This follows the news...

United Trust Bank and Iron Bridge Finance back £15m redevelopment

United Trust Bank (UTB) and Iron Bridge Finance are jointly supporting the redevelopment of...

West One Loans completes its largest ever development finance transaction

West One Loans has completed on a £31.2 million development finance facility, the largest...

Allica Bank offers asset finance discount for electric vehicle switch

Allica Bank has launched a new £10m fund to support businesses with the purchase...

SMEs showing increased appetite for external funding

Atom bank’s ‘SME Pulse’ survey for Q3 2023 has revealed that over half (54%)...

Paragon adds Build-to-Rent to development finance offering

Paragon Bank’s development finance division will now provide finance of up to £35 million...

Investec provides £12m loan for modular PBSA development

Investec Real Estate has provided Stelling Properties Group with an £11.85 million loan to...

Cash flow is the leading challenge for SME business owners

Millbrook Business Finance has published the results of its latest survey of SME business...

Rising costs causing SMEs to lose productivity

SMEs are sacrificing growth opportunities as they deal with escalating costs and underwhelming productivity....

MFS to pilot commercial & semi-commercial buy-to-let deals

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has launched a pilot for a new range of semi-commercial...

Allica Bank supports care home operator’s growth plans

A commercial mortgage from Allica Bank has enabled Ashley Care Group to purchase the...

Time Finance appoints relationship executive

Time Finance has welcomed Karen Blanchard to its invoice finance team as a relationship...

Suros Capital reports major rise in business enquiries

Suros Capital has reported a 40% rise in enquiries this year about business purposes...

Growth opportunities for Scottish hospitality sector

Opportunities in the hospitality sector in Scotland still remain for businesses to expand and...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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London Credit revises website and product guides

Short-term lender London Credit has introduced changes to its website and product guides. The changes...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) hosts Peer Group event in Kent

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has kicked off 2025 with a successful Peer Group event,...

Standard Life Home Finance improves Horizon lifetime mortgage criteria

Standard Life Home Finance has made a series of changes to the criteria on...

Twenty7tec to address ‘burning issues’ in webinars

Twenty7tec has launched a new webinar series, bringing together industry figures to debate the...