SME finance

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...

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...

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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Specialist lenders drive semi-commercial market towards £1bn

Britain's semi-commercial mortgage market is on course to exceed £1 billion of annual lending...

Equity Release Council names John Godfrey as chair

John Godfrey, the former head of the No 10 policy unit, has been appointed...

Monmouthshire app brings in new generation of customers

Seven in 10 customers registered for Monmouthshire Building Society's app had not previously banked...

Clydesdale to raise selected residential product transfer rates

Clydesdale is to increase selected residential product transfer rates by up to 0.23%. The changes...

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