SME finance

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...

Proplend completes commercial property VAT loan

Proplend has completed the first ever investor funded VAT loan. The £1.8m loan, which closed...

New FLA chair announced

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced the appointment of Rebecca McNeil as...

SMEs prepare for Christmas shortages

The turnover of UK SMEs increased by 20 points in September, despite widespread goods...

Reward Finance Group raises £25,500 for two charities

The Leeds and Manchester offices of Reward Finance Group has raised £25,500 for its...

Allica Bank launches commercial mortgages for care home market

Allica Bank has launched new specialist commercial mortgages for care homes run by independent...

British Business Bank passes £600m lending milestone

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme today announces it has passed a...

Nucleus Commercial Finance to offer RLS term loans

Nucleus Commercial Finance has been accredited by the British Business Bank under the government-backed...

Recognise Bank appoints head of credit

Gavin Keyte has been appointed head of credit at Recognise Bank. He joins the new...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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