SME finance

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...

Together homeowner business loan funds office relocation

Specialist lender Together is helping a businessman move offices and upgrade his company’s IT systems...

Over half of UK SMEs not ready for Brexit

Bibby Financial Services has reported that 54% of the UK’s SMEs, equating to 3.1 million businesses,...

Secure Trust Bank provides £13.75m commercial loan

Pensworth Food Service Specialists has secured a £13.75m loan from Secure Trust Bank Commercial...

Funding Options partners with DueDil

Business finance marketplace Funding Options has partnered with predictive company intelligence platform, DueDil, to simplify...

“Listless” activity among SME firms

Business optimism amongst SME manufacturing firms deteriorated in the three months to October, at...

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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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