SME finance

How bridging can boost recovering businesses

Despite being only a few months into 2022, the year is already promising to...

Recognise Bank reaches £100m in lending to SMEs

Recognise Bank has announced that is has delivered over £100 million in SME lending. It...

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...

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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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