SME finance

BFS appoints regional head of sales

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Mike Day as head of sales for Yorkshire...

Newable Finance becomes Shawbrook strategic partner

Newable Finance has been appointed as a new strategic broker partner of Shawbrook Bank’s...

SME leaders not hopeful about ‘levelling up’

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that 56% of SME leaders believe...

Recognise appoints professional and healthcare heads

Recognise Bank has hired two new industry sector specialists to lead its propositions. Robert Hulse...

Recognise appoints BDM trio

Recognise Bank has appointed three new business development managers (BDMs) as part of its...

SMEs set to struggle with business rates

46% of UK small business owners say they can’t afford to contribute anything towards...

Time Finance appoints CEO

Time Finance has announced that Ed Rimmer has been confirmed as the permanent CEO...

Allica Bank boosts legal panel

Allica Bank has announced the addition of national commercial law firm, Freeths LLP, to...

Watch collection used for SME loan

Alternative security short term lender, Suros Capital, has provided an £81,600 loan to an...

Sirius Property Finance appoints head of care & hospitality

Chris Field has been appointed to to lead Sirius Property Finance's new specialist business...

74% of SMEs confident ‘normal’ demand to return by Xmas

The latest Covid-19 Pulse survey from business funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has found...

Reward Finance to open new offices

Reward Finance Group had reported its strongest ever new business performance in March, resulting...

BFS unveils £300m SME pandemic fund

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced a £300m Pandemic Recovery Fund to support SMEs...

Go Business Loans unveils fast short-term SME lending facility

Go Business Loans has launched a new business loan facility to help support small...

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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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