SME finance

The Cumberland adds new sectors to commercial offering

The Cumberland Building Society has expanded its commercial offering to cater to a range...

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...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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