SME finance

UTB appoints savings distribution manager

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Stephanie Vincent as savings distribution manager as it...

Start Up Loans publishes guide to business resilience

Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, has launched a new ‘Guide...

Reward appoints business development director

Leeds-based Reward Finance Group is accelerating its growth plans in Yorkshire with the appointment...

Allica Bank secures £100m funding

Allica Bank has announced a £100 million Series C funding round led by global...

Aldermore provides £700k loan to recycling company

Aldermore has provided a £700k loan to Environcom, a waste recycling company, for a...

Effective monitoring key to becoming more sustainable

New data from Time Finance reveals that one in three businesses see effective monitoring...

Cynergy Business Finance provides £250k ABL facility

Sustainable technologies business, Etesian Green, is planing for growth in 2023, with the help...

More SMEs to invest in sustainability

New data from Time Finance has shed light on the rise of conscious consumerism...

Paul Ratcliffe returns to BFS

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Ratcliffe as managing director for its new...

Half of SMEs to invest in sustainability

New data from Time Finance has shown that half of UK SMEs are anticipated...

Scottish tyre recycling business secures £370,000 funding deal

Scotland’s first industrial-scale tyre recycling plant aims to increase revenues by 92% over the...

Almost all SMEs set to borrow in 2023

Demand from SMEs for lending is set to increase in the next 12 months,...

Reward Finance funds Bury company’s growth ambitions

A Bury-based ecommerce business has been helped in its attempts to expand globally, after...

Spiralling costs stalling UK businesses’ investment plans

Hundreds of UK businesses have slashed millions from their investment plans amid turbulence in...

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...

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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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