SME finance

“Brexit linked downturn” looming for SMEs

The latest SME Confidence Tracker from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has concluded that SMEs...

Reward Finance Group appoints managing director for Manchester office

Nick Smith, group sales and marketing director of Reward Finance Group, has been appointed...

Strong end to 2018 for Funding Circle

Funding Circle Holdings has reported full year revenue growth of 55% (excluding property), exceeding...

Bibby Financial Services hires BDM for South West England

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Sue Pengelly as business development manager (BDM) for...

Yellow Stone Finance appoints senior client relationship manager

Mike Lawton is joining Yellow Stone Finance as senior client relationship manager. Lawton (pictured) has...

Assetz Capital boosts Yorkshire and Humber presence

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has appointed David Reed to the position of regional relationship...

UK SMEs favour millennials for recruitment

50% of the bosses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK -...

BFS passes £100m in 2018 northern business funding

Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has provided over £100m in funding in...

Adrian Payne re-joins Bibby Financial Services

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Adrian Payne as head of sales for the...

Rebrand for yet-to-launch digital SME bank

Digital SME bank CivilisedBank has changed its name to Allica. When launched in 2019, Allica...

New debt advisory service launches

A new debt advisory firm called Yellow Stone Finance has been set up by...

New business lending platform unveiled

A new lending platform for SMEs is to launch in the new year. It aims...

Aldermore calls for tougher reporting to deal with late payments

Aldermore has backed the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s recent call...

SMEs still struggling to get adequate finance

Adam Tyler, executive chairman of the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), has stated...

COMMENT

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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