SME finance

Time Finance appoints head of marketing

Time Finance has appointed Caroline McDonald as the new head of marketing to support...

FIBA adds SWIG Finance to panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has announced that SWIG Finance is the...

Optimum Finance appoints senior relationship manager

Optimum Finance has appointed Ross Stephenson as a senior relationship manager to drive new...

British Business Bank expands Time Finance’s ENABLE funding facility

The British Business Bank has agreed a facility increase that will provide £29.4m of...

Bibby Financial Services bolsters sales team

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the addition of two sales professionals to its...

SME appetite for external funding on the rise

62% of brokers with SME clients have seen an increase in appetite for external...

Political uncertainty and interest rates affecting SME investment plans

Interest rates and political uncertainty are holding back many businesses from investing in the...

Entrepreneurs open new Leeds restaurant after securing £110k funding

Two entrepreneurs experienced in working in some of London’s top restaurants have launched their...

Aerospace manufacturer secures £2.5m facility from Cynergy Business Finance

UK aerospace manufacturer, Aeromet International, has secured a £2.5m asset-based lending (ABL) facility from...

The Loans Engine joins Paradigm’s referral partner panel

Paradigm has added specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, to its referral partner panel. ...

SMEs still stuck chasing late payments

73% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have some form of outstanding late payment...

Reasons to be positive

The first two months of 2024 have certainly been more positive for the market...

Blazehill Capital completes senior credit facility with HTB

Blazehill Capital, a fund providing financing solutions to mid-market businesses, has completed a milestone...

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance appoints portfolio and structuring director

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance (STB CF) has announced the appointment of Will Duxbury...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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