SME finance

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...

Bathgate celebrates own-book lending milestone

Bathgate Business Finance wrote £1m in new business in October 2022 from its own...

Atom bank improves commercial mortgage criteria

Atom bank has revamped its serviceability criteria for both variable and fixed rate commercial...

Cynergy Business Finance provides £150m of funding in first year

Cynergy Business Finance (CBF), the asset-based lending (ABL) arm of Cynergy Bank, has surpassed...

Two in every five SMEs fear insolvencies or mass redundancies

41% of established small and medium businesses (those with between 10 and 100 employees)...

Reward Finance funds Caernarfon events theatre growth

A £435,000 cash injection provided by Reward Finance Group will help an entertainment and...

Bibby Financial Services appoints head of sales for corporate North

SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has appointed Daniel Williams as head of sales...

Redwood Bank makes BDM hire

Redwood Bank has appointed a new business development manager (BDM). Rob Thompson will be...

One Stop Business Finance secures Shawbrook facility boost

Specialist lender, One Stop Business Finance, has secured an extension of up to £4...

HH Business Finance reports over 200% growth

HH Business Finance (HHBF) has reported strong growth in 2022 through its range of...

COMMENT

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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The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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