SME finance

Time Finance opens new office in Reading

Time Finance has unveiled its new office in Reading in a move to bolster...

Reward makes key hires in the Midlands and South East

Reward Finance Group has supported its growth plans in the Midlands, London and the...

Time Finance launches new green initiative

Time Finance has launched a new tree planting initiative to support a greener future...

Asset Capital provides £8.4m funding for children’s care provider

Forge Care, a children's therapeutic community provider, has secured a new £8.4m commercial facility...

Record month for CrowdProperty

CrowdProperty has now funded over £600,000,000 of property projects. This follows a record-breaking September with...

Time Finance accredited under latest Recovery Loan Scheme

Time Finance has become an accredited lender under the government’s latest iteration of the...

Allica Bank reaches profitability

SME fintech lender Allica has said that it reached profitability in close to record...

Reward provides over £5m in Midland funding

Reward Finance Group has provided £5.2m of funding to SMEs in the first year...

Redwood Bank unveils fixed rate mortgages

A specialist business bank has launched its first fixed rate mortgages to provide its...

British Business Bank expands Start Up Loans scheme

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme has been expanded. It now includes...

British Business Bank agrees ENABLE Build guarantee with HTB

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has secured an ENABLE Build guarantee via the British Business...

£200,000 cash injection helps construction social enterprise

A home counties-based social enterprise, which provides training and employment opportunities for young people...

Assetz Capital provides commercial mortgage in Swansea

Specialist marketplace lender Assetz Capital has completed another project in South Wales, an area...

Allica targets £500m of loan offers from now until year-end

Allica Bank is aiming to make £500 million in committed loan offers between September...

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...

Latest news

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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