SME finance

Reward Finance Group makes two hires in North West

Reward Finance Group has bolstered its Manchester team with the appointment of two new...

Allica Bank hits deposits milestone

Allica Bank, the SME challenger bank, has raised over £1 billion in deposits from...

Pink Pig Loans helps business buy property to secure future

Pink Pig Loans has secured a £210,000 commercial loan for a local business, ensuring...

“Disproportionate pressure” on SMEs to reduce carbon footprint

New research from Time Finance has suggested that pressure is being felt by smaller...

Reward plans to double its SME lending over next three years

SME funder, Reward Finance Group, has secured a £50m increase in its credit line...

91% of SMEs still have cash reserves

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that 39% of SMEs plan on...

Assetz Capital appoints business development director

Assetz Capital has announced the appointment of Jason Way as business development director. Based in...

Atom bank reduces secured business loan rates

Atom bank has cut rates across its secured business loan range by up to...

Huge SME business loan protection gap identified

Legal & General has estimated that £672 billion of corporate borrowing by SMEs is...

Two new recruits at Alternative Bridging Corporation

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed a new underwriter and a case manager. Robert Seymour has...

Shawbrook bolsters commercial investment offering

Shawbrook has made changes to its commercial investment proposition to increase support for owner-occupied...

Go Business Loans secures further investment

Go Business Loans, a business loans provider based in South Wales, has secured a...

UTB’s property development loan book exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank’s property development loan book has exceeded £1 billion for the first...

SMEs to spend £35k on improving productivity in 2022

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance reveals that SMEs, on average, are preparing to...

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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