SME finance

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...

Reward Finance Group appoints group MD

Nick Smith has been promoted to the position of group managing director of Reward Finance...

Nucleus Commercial Finance appoints Midlands BDM

Nucleus Commercial Finance has expanded its business development team in the Midlands with the...

Bathgate Business Finance appoints BDM

Bathgate Business Finance has welcomed property finance specialist Ben Humphreys as business development manager...

One Stop Business Finance expands BD team

SME funder One Stop Business Finance (OSBF) has expanded its client servicing team with...

Fiducia Group launches new asset finance division

Fiducia Group has unveiled a new asset finance division offering bespoke funding solutions to...

Fiduciam to expand north and south of Irish border

Fiduciam Ireland has seen a substantial increase in new business, both north and south...

Metro Bank in SME finance tie-up

Metro Bank has announced a new partnership with Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) provider Ezbob to offer...

Large number of SMEs being declined property finance

A new study for specialist lender Together has indicated that hundreds of thousands of...

Assetz Capital unveils 1% cashback offer for investors

Assetz Capital has surpassed the £1bn mark for lending to SMEs and housebuilders across...

Accredo joins FIBA lender panel

Commercial finance trade body, FIBA, has announced the appointment of specialist lender, Accredo, to...

SME owners using personal savings to support businesses

39% of UK SMEs encountered financial challenges over the past 12 months, according to...

Reward Finance Group joins FIBA

Specialist finance trade body, the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has added Reward...

COMMENT

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

Cyberattack disrupts Romanian property transactions

A cyberattack on Romania’s national land registry has disrupted property transactions across the country...

Just Mortgages and April launch 100% LTV mortgage with family support

Just Mortgages has expanded its first-time buyer range with a semi-exclusive joint borrower sole...

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