SME finance

Business confidence leading cause of SME borrowing demand

Atom bank's ‘SME Pulse’ survey for Q2 2024 has revealed that improving confidence among...

SME owners uses Ferrari for immediate short-term loan

Suros Capital has recently funded an 'immediate' short-term loan of £235,000 for the client...

Reparo Finance unveils revolving credit facility

Specialist commercial finance provider Reparo Finance has launched a new revolving credit facility to...

Atom bank passes £1bn commercial completion mark

Atom bank has reached the milestone of £1 billion in commercial mortgage completions. The lender...

SME finance provider launches commercial broker survey

Asset Advantage, a provider of business finance for SMEs, has launched a survey to...

Time Finance appoints head of business improvement

Time Finance has appointed Fozia Riaz as its head of business improvement. The role is...

Civil Rail Solutions secures £3m BFS funding

Civil Rail Solutions Limited (CRS), a labour supplier for the rail and construction industries,...

Time Finance bolsters business development team

Time Finance has welcomed Donna Lambert as a business development manager (BDM) in its...

Bathgate supports pub group’s expansion

Bathgate Business Finance has supported the expansion of a local pub group through a...

Time Finance hires invoice finance relationship manager

Time Finance has appointed Georgina Harrison as relationship manager in its invoice finance team. Harrison...

Rise in business demand for bridging finance

Bridging Trends contributors have reported £196.2 million in bridging loan transactions during the first...

21Finance secures finance to avoid repossession

21Finance has come to the rescue of client whose commercial and residential property was...

Time Finance funds Devon distillery’s growth

A Devon-based distillery that featured on the last ever Hairy Bikers episode, is set...

Female SME owners feel discriminated against by high street lenders

Female business leaders are facing gender inequality in commercial lending, which is hampering the...

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Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

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New Skipton cashback mortgage to help those who miss stamp duty deadline

To support those who don’t manage to complete their house purchase before the stamp...

MT Finance up maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...

HTB completes 22-property refinance and capital raise

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £3.67 million refinance and capital raise for...

Homebuyers paid £1.1bn in Stamp Duty last month

Homebuyers paid £1.1bn in Stamp Duty in February, a 24% rise from the £848m...