SME finance

Rural Asset Finance secures up to £120m funding

Specialist agricultural lender Rural Asset Finance has agreed a funding facility of up to...

InterBay expands offering with new owner occupier range and lower rates

InterBay, part of the OSB Group, has announced a raft of changes to its...

Reward Funding appoints NE business development director

Reward Funding has appointed Martyn Evans as business development director to lead its expansion...

Paragon supports £100m solar funding push for UK SMEs

A new £100 million funding facility from Paragon Bank is set to drive the...

Time Finance targets materials handling sector with senior appointment and strategic push

Time Finance has announced its entry into the materials handling sector as it looks...

Skipton Business Finance bolsters North West growth with senior hire

Skipton Business Finance has appointed Dan Grainger as regional sales director, in a move...

GC Business Finance reports record quarter for Start Up Loans

GC Business Finance has recorded its most successful quarter to date in the delivery...

Time Finance hires new head of operations as it targets £300m lending

Time Finance has appointed Bethan Holliday as head of operations in its asset finance...

Aldermore provides £25m for EV charging network expansion

Aldermore Bank has provided £25 million in funding to Osprey Charging as part of...

NatWest partners with Brickflow to deliver API-driven commercial property finance

NatWest has become the latest major UK lender to embrace embedded finance, following the...

Allica Bank to reward brokers for current account referrals

Allica Bank is extending its broker proposition by offering commission to brokers who successfully...

Skipton Business Finance backs Sheffield fragrance firm with invoice facility

Skipton Business Finance has extended a six-figure invoice finance facility to Sheffield-based SG Brands,...

SMEs welcome transport infrastructure boost as key to unlocking regional growth

The government’s £92 billion investment in road and rail projects across England has been...

Paragon Bank bolsters SME lending division with focus on green energy

Paragon Bank has strengthened its SME lending division with two senior appointments, as it...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...