SME finance

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%...

Nearly £15bn provided through Covid lending schemes

Latest Treasury figures show that the banking and finance industry has provided almost £15 billion...

Allica Bank appoints business relationship manager

SME business bank, Allica Bank, has announced the appointment of Stephen Spinks as business...

Asset finance new business down 28%

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that total asset finance new business...

Aldermore makes specialist finance appointments

Aldermore has announced two new appointments to its specialist finance team. Eric DeArmitt and Jack...

Bathgate selected as Funding Circle CBILS approved partner

Bathgate Business Finance has been selected as a Funding Circle Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan...

Nearly half of UK SMEs worry about their ability to survive

Nearly half of SMEs in the UK are concerned about the immediate business viability...

A third of UK SMEs “to run out of cash” by July

One-third of SMEs in the UK won't be able to cover their costs by...

Reward Finance Group makes board appointment

Reward Finance Group has appointed Steve Noble as managing director of its North West...

New lenders for coronavirus business loan scheme

the British Business Bank has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

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