SME finance

Reward Finance Group funds hotel refurb

The 19-bedroom bedroom Fairways Hotel, which overlooks the Bristol Channel in Porthcawl, has undergone...

BFS appoints global HR director

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Lomas as its global HR director. He is...

Aldermore reaches £1bn wholesale lending milestone

Aldermore has delivered over £1bn worth of wholesale & structured funding since launching the...

Signature Private Finance creates sales director role

Short-term property finance firm Signature Private Finance has appointed Jon Preston as its first...

New regional sales director for Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed John Copping as its regional sales director...

Record October for Reward Finance Group

Reward Finance Group, the Leeds and Manchester-based alternative finance provider, lent £7m across 23...

Secure Trust Bank supports tech company acquisition

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a £2.15m funding package to NJ Russel...

One-third of SMEs can’t operate without EU imports

A third of the 1.1 million UK SMEs with EU suppliers would be unable...

Capify celebrates 10th anniversary

Alternative SME finance provider Capify has helped almost 10,000 UK SMEs is targeting £125...

BFS provides £6.5m funding package

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has completed a £6.5m construction finance facility with Enigma Industrial...

BFS expands global headquarters in Banbury

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the expansion of its global headquarters in Banbury,...

Reward funds nursery acquisition

The Go Wild Bury Private Day Nursery & Creche is now operating under new...

Clear majority of SMEs lack succession plan

64% of bosses of UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do not have a...

IGF increases UK SME lending by 76%

Commercial finance provider Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has reported year-on-year growth in the year to June 2018, with...

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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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