SME finance

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...

Commercial brokers advised to seek a wider range of funding options

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has urged commercial finance brokers to listen...

BFS signs up to SME Finance Charter for Brexit support

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced its support for the Business Finance Council’s SME...

UK SMEs have Brexit anxiety over investing

UK SMEs are least likely to invest in their businesses during the remainder of...

Signature Private Finance hires relationship manager

Privately-owned principal lender, Signature Private Finance, has promoted Nazia Yaqub to the position of...

Simply’s block discounting facility rises to £30m

SME funder, Simply, has received a further increase to its funding line from Aldermore...

One Stop Business Finance expands operations and brokering team

Alternative SME funding specialist, One Stop Business Finance, has appointed Collette Munson to its...

Sirius office move as part of expansion plans

Specialist property finance broker Sirius Property Finance has moved to new, larger offices in...

Aldermore funds NHS recruitment business

Aldermore has provided a £250,000 finance deal to NHS recruitment specialist, Focusmed24. Focusmed24 supplies medical...
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Analysis

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...
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MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...
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The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
banks

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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