SME finance

BFS: extend furlough scheme or risk SME jobs losses

There is still wide support among SMEs for an extension to the government's furlough...

Aldermore Connect webinar series launches

Aldermore has launched ‘Aldermore Connect’ – a series of regular, refreshed webinars that will...

Selina Finance makes significant changes to offering

Selina Finance is doubling its maximum loan term to 10 years. The digital lender...

Brokers vital to SME recovery

Finance brokers will play a key role to play in helping small and medium-sized...

Bibby Financial Services appoints global CEO

Jonathan Andrew is to join Bibby Financial Services as global CEO on 1 September. Andrew...

Allica Bank appoints new business relationship manager

Allica Bank has announced the internal appointment of Jonathan Prince as business relationship manager...

Reward Finance Group joins NACFB

Reward Finance Group has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). The NCFB...

BFS provided £40m of new corporate funding in June

Invoice financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), provided £40m in new funding facilities to corporate...

Double Manchester milestone for Reward Finance Group

Alternative finance provider, Reward Finance Group, has marked the first anniversary of the opening...

BFS provides £5m funding line to wholesale food provider

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £5m funding facility to Hider Food Imports...

Allica Bank appoints head of prudential risk

SME lender Allica Bank has appointed Matthew Oakes as head of prudential risk. Oakes (pictured)...

Secure Trust hires new portfolio & structuring director  

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed Graham Brew as a portfolio & structuring director ...

Allica Bank hires SW business relationship manager

Allica Bank has announced the appointment of Danny McMurdo as business relationship manager for...

Secure Trust Bank’s commercial lending tops £250m in 2019

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has reported that its lending balances rose by 33%...

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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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