SME finance

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...

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...
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COMMENT

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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News

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...
First-time buyers

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...
Appointments

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

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