SME finance

Over one-third of SMEs think UK should remain in Single Market

Confidence among the the country's smallest companies has recovered to 2015 levels, according to...

Lack of funding hitting UK SME finances

23% of SMEs, representing 1.27 million small and medium sized businesses across the UK, are...

Aldermore receives Enterprise Finance Guarantee accreditation

Aldermore has become an accredited provider under the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee...

MBE Leeds Expo to hold FIBA debate

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA)...

MarketInvoice reaches £2bn milestone

Business finance firm MarketInvoice has now advanced £2 billion worth of invoice finance and...

New SME funder backed by Aldermore

Simply Asset Finance, a new lender for the SME market, has received a £20m...

Positive Lending moves into unsecured business loans

Positive Lending has announced its launch into unsecured business loans with rates starting from...

Reward Finance adds four to team

Reward Finance Group has appointed four new people, having doubled its headcount to 20 in...

Investec rebrands Amicus Commercial Finance

Investec Bank has rebranded Amicus Commercial Finance as Investec Capital Solutions, which will provide...

BFS announces SME measures in wake of Carillion collapse

Specialist SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced  measures to support construction sector...

Bibby Financial Services appoints specialist director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Kash Ahmad as UK specialist director as it...

Aldermore finances cladding manufacturer

Aldermore has agreed a new finance facility with Architectural Profiles Limited (APL), a designer...

SME bosses optimistic about funding outlook

75% of of SMEs, representing 4.13 million small and medium sized businesses across the...

SMEs failing to insure key people

Just 26% of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have insurance covering key people in...

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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...