SME finance

SMEs unprepared for Brexit

47% of SMEs who import goods and services from the EU and 43% of...

OU partnership offers free business courses

The government-backed Start Up Loans scheme has partnered with the Open University (OU) to...

Fiduciam funds £1.18m Cornish hotel with CBILS loan

Fiduciam has completed a £1.18 million loan to finance the Hustyns Hotel and Spa...

Allica Bank sees huge rise in commercial mortgage applications

Allica Bank has reported a 235% increase in commercial mortgage applications since June. It has...

Funding 365 attains CBILS accreditation

Funding 365 has been accredited as a new lender under the Coronavirus Business Interruption...

Reward Finance Group funds sanitiser business growth

Wolverhampton-based X-Mist, which has invented a dry sanitation process, has received a £400,000 business...

Fiduciam grows N. Ireland operations with wedding venue loan

Fiduciam is expanding its operations in Northern Ireland with the issuing of a Coronavirus...

Shawbrook provides loan to waste management manufacturer

Private equity house, Chiltern Capital, has completed an investment in a waste management incinerator...

Covid adding three hours onto SME working day

One-fifth of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners are working an additional three hours...

SMEs adapting to survive Covid-19

SMEs are demonstrating their resilience during the coronavirus pandemic, with research from Nucleus Commercial...

Fiduciam provides £840k CBILS loan to children nursery

Fiduciam has completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan...

SMEs show resilience in face of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a 30% loss in monthly business income of the average...

BFS: extend furlough scheme or risk SME jobs losses

There is still wide support among SMEs for an extension to the government's furlough...

Aldermore Connect webinar series launches

Aldermore has launched ‘Aldermore Connect’ – a series of regular, refreshed webinars that will...

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Selling isn’t shouting

In many industries, sales still carries the weight of old stereotypes: high pressure, slick scripts and a focus on numbers over nuance. But these...

When service beats software: why hands-on support is the real differentiator in conveyancing

For all the talk about technology reshaping the mortgage and conveyancing world, advisers know that what you often need is some good, old-fashioned support. Not...

Future-proofing your lead generation

Leads are the lifeblood of any mortgage intermediary business, and while word-of-mouth referrals remain the gold standard - bringing trust and proof of quality...

We need clearer guidance on Stamp Duty advice

Just over a week ago Angela Rayner resigned following the discovery of a Stamp Duty breach on a flat she owns in Hove. She...

AI could make obsolescence obsolete and slash global e-waste

For decades, technology has been trapped in a cycle of forced obsolescence. Each year, a new iPhone or Android release quietly renders last year’s...

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FOLK2FOLK names new chief executive as focus turns to SME growth

Peer-to-peer business lender FOLK2FOLK has appointed Kawai Chung as its new chief executive officer,...

Adviser confidence in mortgage market climbs to highest level in three years

Confidence among mortgage advisers has risen sharply, with more than four in five positive...

Foundation Home Loans names new chief finance officer

Foundation Home Loans has confirmed the appointment of Michael Evans as its new chief...

Older homeowners abandon moving plans as bungalow shortage bites

More than a million older homeowners have abandoned plans to move in the past...