SME finance

Reward Finance funds glamping complex

A £1 million 'glamping' and leisure complex, next to the North Yorkshire Moors railway,...

Aldermore appoints group business finance MD

Aldermore has appointed Tim Boag as its new group managing director of business finance,...

Co-op Bank appoints SME relationship manager

The Co-operative Bank has announced that Sarah Barker has joined its SME banking operation. She...

Paragon provides £25m funding to Nucleus Commercial Finance

Nucleus Commercial Finance and Paragon Bank have announced a £25 million funding line to...

IGF in position for strong end to financial year

Commercial finance provider Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has reported that seven new clients signed in...

UK SMEs lack supply chain disruption plans

Research carried out by Aldermore has found that one in 10 SMEs believe they...

Hitachi Capital (UK) appoints CIO

Business finance provider Hitachi Capital (UK) has appointed Kim Brien as chief information officer...

SME funder backs London art scholarship

Art Academy London, in association with Hitachi Capital UK, is offering one budding student...

Simply curates third party assets sales

SME funder Simply has begun to list third party assets on the Simply site. The decision...

SME funder announces new managing director

Simply, the SME funder, has made five senior promotions. It said the promotions were made...

BFS funds two Venian Group businesses

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided two funding facilities to businesses under the Venian...

Funding Options in Validis partnership for SMEs

Funding Options, the marketplace for business finance, has partnered with Open Accounting firm, Validis,...

Assetz Capital makes five new regional appointments

Assetz Capital has appointed five new relationship directors since the beginning of November as...

BFS appoints managing director for construction finance

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Jim Davis as managing director for construction finance. Joining...

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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