SME finance

LHV Bank makes lending director appointments

LHV Bank has appointed three new lending directors to its lending team. The appointments are...

Commercial brokers report increased demand for business loans

31% of commercial finance brokers have seen a growing shift among clients towards business...

Time Finance makes changes to senior management roles

Time Finance has announced changes to the roles of three of its senior management...

Late payments to SMEs on the rise

More that 3.6 million (72%) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have some form of...

Cumberland BS becomes NACFB patron

The Cumberland Building Society has become a patron of the National Association of Commercial...

LHV Bank provides £3.6m commercial investment loan

LHV Bank has recently completed a £3.6 million commercial investment loan to help the...

Reward Finance provides £530k facility for AI development

Law365, a Tunbridge-Wells law firm specialising in commercial and employment law primarily within technology...

Time Finance launches graduate recruitment programme

Time Finance has announced the launch of a new 12-month Fast Track Graduate Recruitment...

LHV Bank doubles size of loan book

LHV Bank's UK lending portfolio now totals £140 million. At the end of 2023, the...

Redwood Bank makes BDM promotion

Redwood Bank has promoted Sam Taylor to the role of business development manager (BDM)...

Geo-energy firm secures £500k funding

A Leeds-based firm dedicated to locating subsurface energy and mineral resources to reduce the...

DF Capital secures further British Business Bank funding

The British Business Bank has agreed a second portfolio increase of £100m to specialist...

British Business Bank launches Growth Guarantee Scheme

Details have been published about the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme, the Growth...

Time Finance unveils new vendor finance team member 

Time Finance has appointed Jamie Robinson as an area sales manager in its vendor...

COMMENT

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

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...

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Market stalls as rates surge on Middle East tensions

The UK housing market lost momentum in March with rising borrowing costs and geopolitical...

HSBC UK opens registrations for Q2 mortgage fraud and masterclass webinars

HSBC UK has opened registrations for its Q2 2026 mortgage fraud webinar series, with...

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage and product transfer rates

Virgin Money will increase a range of selected purchase, remortgage and product transfer rates...

Newcastle trims intermediary mortgage rates by up to 14bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has cut rates across its new lending range, with reductions of...

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