SME finance

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...

SMEs favour accountants for banking advice

Research from the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) has revealed that SMEs are more...

SME bank hires head of client relationship management

Allica Bank has announced the appointment of Emma Lane as head of client relationship...

New BDM for Time Finance

Time Finance has appointed Jake Bebbington as business development manager (BDM) to drive its...

Recognise Bank appoints commercial banking managing director

SME lender, Recognise Bank, has appointed Ian Workman as its managing director of commercial...

UTB provides £1.5m planning gain facility

United Trust Bank (UTB) Structured Property Finance has provided a £1.5m planning gain facility...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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