SME finance

LHV Bank completes £7.4m retail parade refinancing

LHV Bank has announced the completion of a £7.4m refinancing facility for a property...

Time Finance appoints head of sales for SW and Wales

Time Finance has announced that Mike Freebury has taken up the role within its...

Aldermore supports management buy-in with asset finance facility

Aldermore bank has provided a multi-million pound asset based lending (ABL) facility to Astwood...

Reward makes trio of managerial appointments

Reward Funding has made three key managerial appointments across client relationships and business development...

Brokers want commercial lenders to be more open-minded

A new survey has found that commercial finance brokers want lenders to have a...

Black & White Bridging supports St Helens’ tyre garage growth

Black & White Bridging has helped Stone Tyres fulfil its expansion plans with a...

Time Finance expands asset finance team

Time Finance has appointed Sophie Aitken as a broker manager in its asset finance...

Reward for hitting lending milestone

Reward Funding's loan book has broken through the £300m barrier for the first time...

UTB to expand asset finance offering in Scotland

United Trust Bank (UTB) Asset Finance plans to expand its activities in Scotland and...

Time Finance appoints new head of credit

Time Finance has recruited Matt Heap as the new head of credit within its...

Semi-commercial application assisted by manual underwriting

Redwood Bank has helped a landlord looking to remortgage his property to repay an...

Time Finance opens new asset finance office for the North

Independent business finance provider, Time Finance, has moved into new office premises at The...

Recognise secures new investment as chair and CEO step down

Recognise Bank has secured £25m in new capital from its majority shareholder, bringing the...

eCapital Commercial Finance acquires Optimum SME Finance

Optimum SME Finance, a specialist invoice financier, has been acquired by eCapital Commercial Finance. Ant...

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Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

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Together expands second charge range into commercial sector

Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as...

HTB launches ‘Flow’ range with rates from 5.54%

Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting...

Afin waives legal fees on remortgages in broker push

Afin Bank is offering free legal fees on remortgage applications submitted before the end...

Conveyancing delays blamed by 65% of buyers

More than six in ten homebuyers say conveyancing is the biggest cause of delays...

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