Schools may be going back and the UK may be bracing itself for the easing of Covid restrictions by 21 June, but the long tail of Covid is still causing the...

Martin McCann, CEO of Trade Ledger, the global technology provider to the commercial banking and financial services industry, provides the following comment...

A property investor seized the opportunity to buy the family seaside cottage where he spent his childhood holidays with a £557,000 short-term loan from...

As the Chancellor prepares for Wednesday’s Budget, his immediate priority is to continue to support the economy through the final stages of the pandemic....

Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has today launched an innovative buy-to-let calculator that is unique to each specific Landbay product...

Delays and red tape on goods sent between the UK and Northern Ireland (NI) are set to increase significantly following the failure of a key UK-EU meeting, says...

Invoice finance firm Optimum Finance has appointed ex-Microsoft Global Director, Gordon McIntosh, as Chief Technical Officer furthering their specialism in the...

Together Financial Services Limited (‘Together’ or ‘the Group’), one of the UK’s leading specialist mortgage and secured loan providers, announces...

England’s eagerly awaited non-essential stores’ reopening date of 12 April may come too late to stop a permanent change in the way Brits shop, says the...

CapitalBox, the leading pan-European online lending platform for SMEs, today unveiled research that shows more than half of European SMEs relied on loans to...

A former flax mill in Cleator, near Whitehaven which played a significant role in the development of rights for women workers following a strike by the female...

Research from the international rental marketplace, Spotahome, has found that the majority of UK tenants feel safe within the rental market, however, 76% have...

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading anti-money laundering (AML) solution provider, has called on lenders, brokers and conveyancers to learn the lessons from the...

As the UK’s third national lockdown continues, just 8% of business leaders feel supported, research from Nucleus Commercial Finance today reveals.1 Half...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £4 million Invoice Discounting Facility to investment group Modular Group Investments to support the acquisition...

Specialist lender Together has added its bridging products to Legal & General’s digital criteria service designed to improve the process of brokers...

Encompass Corporation, the fast-growing provider of intelligently automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has appointed technology executive Daryn Edgar...

A new stream of construction loans of up to £10m for SME developers has been launched by the government housing delivery agency Homes England and United Trust...

MCI Mortgage Club continues at pace to expand its panel with the addition of specialist lender Roma Finance. The latest lender to join the panel gives MCI...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Sonia Mann as a Key Account Manager to cover the Midlands and surrounding areas. Sonia joins F4B after holding the...

Research by home buying platform, Yes Homebuyers, has revealed that the time it’s taking for first-time buyers (FTB) to save for their first home has grown...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (16th February 2021) announced a range of price cuts on both its two- and five-year fixed-rates...

The Government must scrap new tax policy ‘reverse charge VAT’ to show they are listening to builders and protecting jobs, according to the Federation of...

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) economy figures show businesses are reporting spiralling Brexit challenges. Doubt has also been cast on the...

With global geo-politics in flux, combined with the disruption and turbulence caused by COVID-19 and Brexit, times are tough for UK business. Innovation and...

The total value of contract awards in January 2021 was £4.3 billion, a decrease of 12% on December 2020 and also 10% lower than the monthly average in 2020...

West One Loans’ buy-to-Let division has announced major criteria changes which will see maximum borrower exposure limits raised by more than three times...

Hanley Economic Building Society has temporarily halted new lending in order to complete the final stage in the overhaul of its mortgage processing platform....

Reward Finance Group in Manchester is expanding its team further by appointing Christine Daly as portfolio executive, following another impressive 12 months....

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

Today, the PSR launches two calls for views exploring greater protections for everyone using payment systems: one relating to the protections against APP...

Business owners across the hospitality and leisure sectors throughout the UK need to take stock and prepare themselves for yet another turbulent year as the...

CCRMagazine and HighRadius are set to produce a new virtual-round-table debate looking at the challenges facing professionals working in the order-to-cash...

While thousands around the world prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year this Friday, welcoming in the Year of the Ox as they do, property market analysis by...

Packager First 4 Bridging (F4B) has expanded its intermediary proposition with the launch of the F4B Network. The F4B Network was created on the back of demand...

The United States can anticipate a robust economic rebound in 2021, with political uncertainty decreasing and an injection of fiscal stimulus, reveals the...

Trade Ledger, the global technology provider to the commercial banking and financial services industry, has raised a total of £13.5 million to complete its...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to refinance a £2.7m high quality apartment scheme by Clearview Developments by providing a £1.8m Sales Period Loan....

Figures from EY have shed light on soaring debt levels for UK businesses as a result of the pandemic, with businesses on course to have borrowed £61bn by the...

Today’s news of Boohoo acquiring Dorothy Perkins and Burtons, the final sale and piece of the puzzle of the Arcadia Group, serves as a warning towards...

With the third national lockdown already involving an extension until March 8, new research from Nucleus Commercial Finance today reveals that at least three...

Britain’s superstar exporters could pave the way for their intermittent counterparts and help add an estimated £4.4 billion to UK exports per year,...

Construction and building firms, including labour only sub-contractors, must be prepared for a major change to the way VAT is accounted for in their sector...

Together has lowered rates on its specialist mortgages and bridging loans in a refresh of its product range. The lender has repriced its five-year fixed-rate...

‘Zombie’ stores – whose name and online business have been taken over but whose physical stores remain half-alive while stocks are cleared – could...

Experienced banking specialist Martyn Shakespear is joining Begbies Traynor Group as the leading specialist professional services provider builds its advisory...

New data from Euler Hermes insurers confirms predictions that 2021 is likely to bring a flood of corporate insolvencies throughout the world’s largest...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Oliver Hobday as Underwriter in its Asset Finance Credit team in preparation of further business growth in 2021....

Scotland’s stay-at-home lockdown will continue for another month, Ministers have announced. However, the First Minister has stated that primary schools and...

A leading regional accountancy firm has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of a new partner to support the development of its corporate...

Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service, is highlighting the latest coronavirus scams from the past week, and warning the public to stay vigilant of...

Boris Johnson claimed he had secured a ‘cakeist’ Brexit deal, meaning Britain can have its cake and eat it. But the leading international delivery...

India’s economy is forecast to rebound this year despite a sharp slowdown of economic growth in 2020, reports trade credit insurer Atradius. The India...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published updated final guidance, confirming an initial proposal, that as a last resort, consumer credit lenders...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has announced its latest distribution partnership as it continues to roll-out growth plans for 2021, through Sesame...

Impact Specialist Finance, the specialist mortgage broker and distributor, has received a full bridging mortgage offer from United Trust Bank (UTB) within 24...

In the last 12 months, four out of five companies in the UK have suffered breaches. One small business is hacked successfully every 19 seconds in the UK....

A new report of over 1,000 small business owners and decision makers by Hitachi Capital Business Finance has found that extrovert-run businesses are more...

The value of all construction contract awards in 2020 was £57.0 billion. Despite the challenges 2020 brought, this represents a slight decrease of 4.7% on...

Together’s Sundeep Patel is stepping up to become the specialist lender’s new director of sales as part of a restructure of its intermediary team. Sundeep,...

Fiduciam is extending its relationship with car manufacturer TVR through a further three-year £2 million loan, under the Coronavirus Business Interruption...

The Institute for Export & International Trade, the professional membership body representing and supporting the interests of importers and exporters, is...

Together, one of the UK’s specialist lenders, has announced the issuance of £500m in six-year bonds at a coupon of 5.25 per cent. The finance company...

Latin America and the Caribbean, Latam, has been the most affected emerging market in the Covid-19 pandemic, report economists from trade credit insurer...

The latest ONS retail figures reveal 2020 was the worst year on record for retail, but a huge success for online sales. ParcelHero says December’s figures...

A fraudster’s perfect storm has broken in the UK. When the country voted in favour of Brexit in June 2016 it signalled the start of a long, painstaking...

Funding Xchange (FXE), the finance platform powering MoneySuperMarket’s business funding channel, and the UK’s fastest growing business support provider,...

Together has updated its criteria to allow more automatic property valuations in a move designed to reduce costs and speed up mortgage applications. The...

Manufacturers helped push the UK’s economic recovery ahead of the global benchmark in December, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker. The...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund a development of 14 luxury two and three bedroom apartments and ground floor commercial space being undertaken by...

While new admissions to care homes are beginning to return to pre-lockdown levels, they likely remain sensitive to further restrictions while COVID-19 is...

JPIN Venture Catalysts Ltd (JPIN VCATS) today announces a lead £700k investment into CreditEnable’s pre-series A round. CreditEnable is an AI-driven SME...

Nucleus Commercial Finance, the award-winning fintech lender, today announces a new £200 million funding line from two leading global investment management...

Specialist lender Together has hired a highly-experienced industry professional as a regional account manager for the North. James Briggs, who has worked in...

Irish personal finance provider Permanent TSB has signed up to use Experian’s banking categorisation technology to improve its customer lending journeys....

SFP, the restructuring and turnaround group, has published a new free Guide to Business Survival with easy to follow practical steps which includes a number of...

The home delivery expert ParcelHero says that 2020 was the worst year on record for High Street retailers, with many of Britain’s favourite stores collapsing...

Today RSM’s Financial Conditions Index indicated signs of cautious optimism emerging for the year ahead. But whilst the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with...

More than half (54%) of brokers and intermediaries responding to the United Trust Bank (UTB) end of year broker sentiment poll indicated that they had...

Nationwide insolvency practitioner SFP has successfully completed the sale of Conwy-based manufacturing and injection moulding business, A2B Plastics Limited,...

The First Minister has this afternoon outlined further tightening of lockdown restrictions in Scotland – including preventing customers from going inside to...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

After a challenging 12-months, small businesses resilience has not wavered as we start a New Year. Nationally, 83% of small firms say they have a fresh set of...

Research by the world’s leading high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed to just what extent the current stamp duty holiday in its...

It’s been 40 years since Geoffrey Martin founded the firm that took his name, and now the Leeds and London based restructuring practice is marking a new...

The UK’s exporters could face a Brexit bill worth as much as £25bn in lost revenues in 2021, according to a new report by Euler Hermes. New research from...

Scottish business confidence crashed in the final days of 2020, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The small business...

With the UK now officially separated from the European Union, new research from Nucleus Commercial Finance has found that the UK’s SMEs are worried about...

Bridging.com has appointed Tower Street Finance as its first strategic lending partner to provide short-term products that enable quick and easy access to...

A leading regional accountancy firm has expressed its shock at the lack of support for self-employed people in the latest Coronavirus business support package....

Specialist lender Together has confirmed its plans to continue lending despite tougher restrictions as the UK enters national lockdown. England was been...

Trade credit insurer Atradius has published its latest trading insight report on Bulgaria. The Bulgaria Country Report follows on from recent Atradius reports...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs Business Debtline, has welcomed the Chancellor’s new lockdown grants for businesses in the retail, hospitality...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new package of coronavirus grant support for businesses in England, with associated consequentials for the Scottish...

Nucleus Commercial Finance, one of the UK’s leading fintech lenders, aims to lend £200 million to SMEs through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan...

Tuber Produce, an independent fresh food wholesaler, has renewed its funding facility worth £1m from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) for a further 18 months,...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a strict new lockdown for the Scottish mainland. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) urged Ministers to...

The UK Government has agreed with leading trade credit insurers to extend the Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme until June 2021. The objective of the 2021 scheme...

The UK government, the Association of British Insurers (ABI), Euler Hermes – the world’s leading trade credit insurer – and other underwriters have...

The British Exporters Association (BExA) today launches its 11th annual benchmarking of UK Export Finance (UKEF). The report, titled ‘Exporting in the new...

Commenting on the post-Brexit free trade deal agreed with the EU, Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the FLA said: “As always in trade talks, the devil is...

More loans, larger businesses and a regional shift – these are some of the trends and insights that fintech business lender MarketFinance observed during...

International SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced three new senior hires to drive forward its global growth strategy in 2021 and...

Paul Brett, managing director of intermediaries at Landbay, is to be the panel chair at FIBA’s Annual Conference and Expo, taking place on the 20th January....

The next intake of MSPs must deliver new laws designed to help Scotland’s local and independent firms recover from this year’s crisis, according to the...

Duff & Phelps has announced the launch of its Interim Executive Solutions offering. The new service draws upon the firm’s well-established network of...

Three in five bosses (60%) say that the pandemic has unexpectedly impacted the productivity of their workforce in a positive way, according to new research...

CapitalBox, the leading online pan-European SME funding platform, today launches a survey into SMEs sentiment towards world leaders and the support they have...

New research from Nucleus Commercial Finance found that an overwhelming majority (96%) of consumers not only support their local independent businesses, but...

The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance Kate Forbes MSP has announced a variety of new funds to support firms through the coronavirus...

Bloom Finance Group Community Interest Company (“Bloom Finance Group”) is a mission led Community Interest Company created to contribute positively to...

The vehicle leasing industry is braced for yet more challenges as the most turbulent year imaginable comes to an end. The BVRLA’s latest Leasing Outlook...

People in Scotland now have 12 days to save local businesses’ Christmas, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). With news that covid...

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has launched a Business Booster Fund that will make grants of £5,000 available to UK small businesses. The initiative...

A Cheadle-based business has made a £10,000 donation to Stockport County FC’s charity campaign to provide meals for youngsters over the festive period. Marc...

RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP has helped Barburrito, Mexican eatery, with a successful Administration sale securing new investment in the business. Barburrito...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA), responsible for liaising with the Government on behalf of members investing in early stage growth...

Shopping with small and local businesses has never been more important with almost one third (31%) of the UK’s SMEs relying on the Christmas period to help...

High Street banks are not opening new business accounts. Entrepreneur and Co-founder of MachFast, Michael Rossman, has launched a government petition and an...

United Trust Bank has been named ‘Development Lender of the Year’ at the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) Awards 2020. This...

Trade credit insurer Atradius has appointed Damien Dawson as its new Regional Manager for London and the South East. Mr Dawson joins Atradius with more than 33...

The High Street’s ‘Welcome-Back Wednesday’ will do little to ease the surge in online shopping, forecasts the home delivery expert ParcelHero. It says...

Trade Ledger, the global technology provider to the commercial banking and financial services industry, today announced that Bibby Financial Services (BFS), a...

Commenting on the re-introduction of Crown Preference, Ian Bath, Corporate Sales Director, Nucleus Commercial Finance, said: “Although the re-introduction of...

Following the news of Arcadia going into administration, please find a comment from MaPS on steps staff should take to manage their finances and prepare for...

Over the last month Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender to SMEs and entrepreneurs, has completed over £22 million of loans to housebuilders...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has today revealed that a quarter (23%) of SMEs in the UK had little or no savings before the pandemic hit earlier this year,...

Following a concentrated period of uncertainty, new research from Hitachi Capital Business Finance found a significant proportion of small businesses are...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, detailed the onset of the economic emergency facing the UK at last week’s spending review. This comes at a time...

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has today announced that, despite increased lockdown measures, the level of business volume...

Commenting on property transaction figures from HMRC published today, Jonathan Sealey, CEO, of specialist lender Hope Capital said: “With property sales in...

United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to expand its Development Finance Division with the appointment of a new Senior Manager supporting housebuilders and...

Ahead of the Spending Review, Azets, the UK’s largest regional accountancy and business advisor to SMEs, urges the Chancellor to take 5 practical steps...

October’s retail sales estimates, released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reveal sales volumes soared by 5.8% YOY, up 1.2% from...

The total value of construction contract awards in October 2020 was £4.9 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 9.4% on...

The results of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s seventh GM COVID-19 Recovery Tracker show a further deterioration in economic activity. The recent...

Renewable energy consultancy, Electek Solutions Limited (ESL), is continuing its impressive growth with a short-term working capital injection from Reward...

Specialist lender Together rescued a £3million deal by providing a short-term loan in just four hours for an investor to buy an exclusive waterside property....

Global analytics software provider FICO today released its analysis of UK card trends for September 2020, which shows the continuing impact of COVID-19 on...

Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender to SMEs and entrepreneurs, has just completed a £1.18million loan to finance a popular hotel in...

Insolvency figures released last week by the Government’s Insolvency Service show a 42% reduction in the number of company insolvencies in October 2020,...

During the challenging times of COVID-19, it is difficult to forecast orders and costs. This is especially true for SMEs that operate internationally and...

The First Minister has this afternoon outlined a range of changes to local coronavirus levels in Scotland, with much of west central Scotland faced with the...

Today, research from Barclaycard Payments highlights two-thirds of small and medium sized enterprises in England felt more prepared for the current national...

Business intelligence provider Cedar Rose has been presented with the Cyprus Special Export Award for Services from the President of the Republic of Cyprus,...

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has strengthened its forensic practice by appointing a new forensic partner in its London office. Flip Stander joins RSM...

Harley Kagan, currently Group Managing Director of United Trust Bank (UTB), is to become the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank from January 2021. The...

Landbay, a leading buy-to-let lending platform, has closed an additional funding deal with a leading asset manager. The asset manager aims to fund in excess of...

Together Financial Services Limited (‘Together’ or ‘the Group’), one of the UK’s leading specialist mortgage and secured loan providers, announces...

Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has joined the network panel of Commercial Finance Brokers UK (CFBUK). CFBUK is a whole of market...

Leading invoice finance provider and fintech firm Optimum Finance has appointed two regional sales directors to fulfil the funding needs of SMEs across three...

Cheadle-based specialist lender Together has made its first signing of a UK football club by becoming an official partner of Stockport County. The move brings...

Following the GDP figures from the ONS this morning, Richard Pike, sales and marketing director at Phoebus Software, responding to today’s figures from the...

Commercial loan customers now have access to quicker lending decisions with secure messaging through Together’s new mobile phone app. The specialist lender...

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has appointed The Rt Hon. Baroness Susan Kramer and entrepreneur Shalini Khemka to the MarketFinance Grant Supervisory...

Fiduciam is growing its operations in Northern Ireland with the granting of a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan to a wedding and...

Wolverhampton-based X-Mist, which has invented a dry sanitation process, is ramping up production to cater for the huge demand created by the COVID-19...

Falling consumer demand, combined with supply chain and manufacturing disruption as a result of COVID-19, all mean considerable challenges lie ahead for the...

The First Minister has this afternoon outlined a range of changes to local coronavirus restrictions in Scotland. No mainland Scottish local authorities have...

“Thousands of businesses applied for the first Bounce Back Loan scheme, but there are lessons to be learnt if this time around is to be carried out more...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the Chancellor’s extension of the furlough scheme until...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP has this afternoon announced a range of measures designed to support UK businesses and workers as they face ongoing covid-related...

The Government must cut VAT on home improvement works to 5% to boost jobs and stimulate the economy. This is in response to the PMI data, published today,...

Thousands of non-essential stores have shuttered once again but couriers and retailers are continuing to deliver to the front door. ParcelHero says stores are...

Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has provided a significant funding facility to The Funky Appliance Company, a young UK business based...

With the introduction of a nationwide lockdown from Thursday 5th November 2020, independent UK IT vendor, Richmond Systems, has released top tips for effective...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

As the Brexit transition period comes to an end, new research from Hitachi Capital Business Finance has found businesses were twice as likely to be concerned...

Christmas products company, Mail Order Online Ltd, is meeting unprecedented demand for its range of trees, decorations, and lights, with help from independent...

Today sees the launch of SenseCheck, an online platform developed for B2B SMEs to support each other by giving and receiving anonymised, honest feedback on...

Scottish business confidence slumped over the last three months, after a modest recovery earlier this year, according to new figures from the Federation of...

The debate continues whether remote working will continue when the UK is relieved from the effects of the pandemic. But one thing that is seeming almost set in...

The latest Hometrack UK cities index by Zoopla shows: UK house price growth hits two-and-a-half-year high High demand over the summer has created a sales...

The Scottish Parliament will this afternoon scrutinise the Scottish Government’s proposed strategic framework for managing the coronavirus crisis. Ahead of...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to refinance a development of 53 luxury apartments being undertaken by multi-award winning housebuilders Acorn Property...

The home delivery expert ParcelHero says that online sales are set to overtake spending in physical stores for the first time this Christmas as Brits brace for...

Brokers can look forward to a real treat this Halloween as Hope Capital launches a special version of its Seventies Collection, with two revamped bridging loan...

Independent finance provider, Reward Finance Group, has appointed David Baddiel as business development manager, in its Manchester office, to meet demand for...

Almost half of British businesses fear the impact of the second wave of Coronavirus (48%), more than they fear the impact of Brexit (24%), according to new...

ONS retail figures show retail’s fight-back continued in September, with significant online pre-ordering of new games consoles pointing the way to an online...

“This is welcome news for small firms that are allowed to stay open, but have seen trade dry up because of local restrictions, such as businesses in the...

Vantage Finance has won the Feefo Gold Trusted Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund a £7.6m development of new houses and bungalows close to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. The development, in the...

The respected quarterly SME Lending Monitor, published by government appointed lending portal Funding Xchange, reports signs of ‘green shoots in Autumn’...

The fight against climate change has always been a collective effort. But for small or medium-sized business, it can sometimes feel like you’re a small fish...

UK mortgage lender Enra Specialist Finance has announced today, Monday 19th October, that it has priced its first residential mortgage backed securities,...

Invoice finance provider, Optimum Finance, today announced that fintech expert, Anthony Persse, has taken up the role of chief executive officer, following the...

For the first time this year, small business confidence has held firm from one quarter to the next. The day after the Government announced its three-tier Covid...

Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has joined Synergy Commercial Finance’s network panel. Landbay was already on Synergy’s packager...

Europcar Mobility Group UK are pleased to announce the introduction of their business focused Flex+ product to broker members of the Leasing Broker Federation....

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Nathan Mollett as the Bank’s new Head of Asset Finance. Nathan joins UTB from Metro Bank where he has been Director of...

SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £1.1 million funding line to LWS Interior Solutions and South West Kitchens, part of the LWS Group....

Just Mortgages has achieved its best ever month for both applications and exchanges in September. There were 1,750 applications and 1,500 exchanges last month...

Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender, expects to receive at least another £200 million of requests for Coronavirus Business Interruption...

New documents released by SAGE, the Government’s scientific advisory group for emergencies, reveal the closure of non-essential stores has ‘very minimal...

Venio, the mobile application providing “nano-credit” facilities to unbanked consumers in emerging markets accessed via a smartphone, today...

Alternative finance provider, Reward Finance Group, has delivered a record £3.45 million deal as it celebrates its tenth birthday. The Business Finance deal,...

Landbay, one of the UK’s leading specialist buy-to-let lenders, today announces its partnership with Primis Mortgage Network, one of the largest mortgage and...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces the appointment of Andy Bird as Business Development Director of Property Finance. Andy brings with him 30 years’...

As the nation reflects on over six months of forced business closures and near financial ruin, the automotive industry is one of many that continues to provide...

Motivating staff and maintaining a happy workforce is now a top priority for more than one in two small business owners (55%) – rising to 60% among younger...

At the height of the coronavirus national lockdown in March, the Government prioritised delivery drivers as key workers. Under the Government’s new...

“In the rush to contain COVID disruption, public and private sector organisations implemented measures, at pace, to protect the economy. Expediency may...

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland has written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urging the Scottish Government to outline the support it...

As the fear of a second wave of Covid-19 increases, SMEs are demonstrating their resilience, as research from Nucleus Commercial Finance reveals nearly three...

SMEs across the UK are counting the cost of the lockdown as they prepare for a testing final quarter of 2020. Risktech business Nimbla, surveyed1 2,000 UK SMEs...

As the fear of a second wave of Covid-19 increases, SMEs are demonstrating their resilience, as research from Nucleus Commercial Finance reveals nearly three...

Together has praised its specialist distributer partner First 4 Bridging (F4B) for its expert packaging of a commercial mortgage application – allowing...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today urged all its member firms to endorse a series of home...

Following the stresses and strains of the Covid-19 pandemic, 26% of UK consumers say they are not confident about their financial situation, according to a...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today announced a range of measures designed to support employment as UK businesses grapple with a range of new trading restrictions...

20,000 stores are already expected to fail this year – and a second major lockdown would claim a further 5,000 shops, warns the home delivery expert...

UK e-commerce companies have seen significant growth, both in revenues and repeat orders since lockdown. Firms report average annual revenue increases of more...

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has been awarded a £10m grant from the Capability and Innovation Fund (CIF), announced today by Banking Competition...

Six months on from the official government lockdown, Robert McKechnie, Open Banking Expert at Equifax UK, believes technology and digital transformation will...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this afternoon outlined new measures designed to combat the coronavirus pandemic, including restrictions upon hospitality...

Debbie Nolan FCICM(Grad) has succeeded Pete Whitmore FCICM as Chair of the CICM Executive Board of Trustees. She is joined in her new position by Phil Rice...

Bounce Back loans, the most popular HM Treasury support measure, used by SMEs are running low, finds the latest insights from fintech business lender...

Today’s ONS retail figures show the value of retail sales grew just 0.7% in August – in contrast to July’s 4.4%. The home delivery expert ParcelHero...

The new IFB Research Foundation The State of the Nation: The UK Family Business Sector 2019–20 report published this week showcases the unwavering relevance...

Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender, has just completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan...

The cost of Brexit to the UK economy is already over £130bn. By comparison, the International Space Station cost £115bn. It is not rocket science to see that...

More than four in five small business owners (81%) have made key changes to their business and services in order to prepare for the economic uncertainty in the...

The Scottish economy contracted by almost a fifth between April and June of this year, according to new official statistics. Andrew McRae, the Federation of...

SMEs across the UK have had to tear up business succession plans due to COVID-19, according to research from Nucleus Commercial Finance. Prior to the pandemic,...

Business levels are on course to return to normal at automated decisioning provider LendingMetrics. The company behind the award-winning* ADP underwriting...

The UK Government needs to extend the furlough scheme urgently and ensure that targeted support is available to those sectors who have been worst hit. Edward...

Ravensworth Nurseries in Richmond, North Yorkshire is investing £1.1m in developing an upmarket retail garden centre to enhance its already successful plant...

As Brits brace themselves for a second wave of the coronavirus, the leading home delivery specialist ParcelHero says retailers and manufacturers are already...

With the Government’s job retention scheme ending in a month’s time, new research suggests the nation’s oldest and most traditional small family...

Demand for new homes has reached its lowest level since 2014, according to small to medium-sized (SME) house builders. The new figures, published today in the...

Funding Xchange, the leading business funding market place using its innovative platform to link businesses to the funders who are most likely to have an...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

Fintech business lender MarketFinance has secured an additional £50m from one of Israel’s largest asset managers, Viola Credit, to lend to UK SMEs under the...

As of September 1st, the Finnish fintech company OPR-Finance is live with Line of Credit for Consumer (EveryDayPlus) and SME customers (Yritysluotto Flex) in...

The August holiday season and additional restrictions imposed in Greater Manchester have contributed to a dampening of demand, according to the fourth GM...

Insolvencies in the UK are forecast to jump by 27% this year, slightly higher than the global average rise of 26%, reveals a new economic research report by...

The full economic and business impact of the Covid-19 crisis is yet to be felt, with the preservation of cashflow and investment in new technologies to predict...

As a part of its continued commitment to support small business owners, Hitachi Capital Business Finance has launched its very first Smart Business Planning...

If you are writing about the Lloyds Bank Business Barometer results, Rob Marshall, Managing Director at WorkLife by OpenMoney, commented: “After an extremely...

The British Business Bank has confirmed that applications for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) will close on September 30th. The...

Klass Academy produces and markets Blended Training and Services for Finance, Sales & Order to Cash departments of companies. The start-up, headquartered...

Almost a quarter of business owners have employed relatives in recent months – sparking a revival of traditional family businesses. The study of 500 small...

The continuing reports of an encouraging bounce-back in used cars, coupled with a level of pent-up demand have helped Mann Island Finance to achieve two...

Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces it has digitised the end-to-end user journey for all finance applications, including loans through the Coronavirus...

OakNorth Bank – the UK bank powered by OakNorth – has completed a £20m loan-on-loan facility to Ultimate Finance Group, the specialist asset-based lender....

A global FinTech company Ferratum continues its successful cooperation as the title sponsor of the FIA WorldRX, started in 2019, this time bringing in its own...

Today the First Minister today confirmed that a local lockdown will continue in Aberdeen for another seven days. She also announced, in response to calls from...

Analysis by London based global fintech Paysend into the critical issues facing small businesses in a post coronavirus environment point to a new world in...

As businesses begin to reopen across the country, research from Nucleus Commercial Finance today reveals that SME owners are having to spend on average...

The First Minister today confirmed that a local lockdown will continue in Aberdeen for at least a further seven days. David Groundwater, FSB’s development...

Twelve years ago, the UK was in the middle of a terrible recession. Almost 50 small businesses closed every day because of the economic fallout, with mass...

The Government must use the forthcoming Budget to bring forward greater investment in the construction sector to help boost jobs and activity, says the...

47% of managers believe their employees may be at risk of burnout, following a change in work pattern or behaviour bought on by Covid-19. Over a third (36%) of...

The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) and ITN Productions will be co-producers of a content series ‘Managing the New Credit Future,’ produced...

The number of people employed in Scotland fell by 15,000 between April and June, according to official statistics published today. The figures – published by...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

Bristol and London-based invoice finance provider and fintech firm Optimum Finance has appointed three industry experts to bolster its offering. The company...

The First Minister has today announced that the Scottish Government is implementing a limited local lockdown in Aberdeen, including the enforced closure of...

The beginning of August marks the end of the Government’s advice to work from home and signals an era when many offices will re-open and employers and...

FORS has unveiled a new training package designed to help fleet operators better manage driver fatigue. Time Smart is the latest addition to the FORS...

County Court Judgments (CCJs) registered against businesses England and Wales fell by nearly 30 percent in the first half of 2020 (HY1 2020), compared to the...

The current pandemic has thrown drastic obstacles in the way for UK businesses. With a total business confidence score of 91.89 out of 190 in Wales, these...

Statistics published by the Scottish Government this morning show that the Scottish economy contracted by 2.5% in the first quarter of 2020. However, other...

Cavendish Legal Group has responded to the Law Commission’s recent proposals on leasehold reform by announcing plans to boost its enfranchisement team....

United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to expand its Development Finance Division with the appointment of a new Director and a new Manager. Hardeep Thandi joins...

Sustainability has taken on a whole new meaning for businesses. Annual CSR reports are behind us; customers and stakeholders are now demanding real-time...

The Government is reportedly examining how the ‘the tax system raises sufficient revenue’ to cover the cost of lost business rates, as the coronavirus...

Bibby Financial Services Ltd (BFS) has provided a £4m Invoice Discounting facility to the Bothongo Group UK, which has interests in the rapidly growing...

Hope Capital is gearing up for a period of sustained growth, as it proceeds with the next phase of its ambitious expansion strategy. The specialist short-term...

The high number of deaths in care homes, combined with the reluctance of families to place elderly residents in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, means...

FSB’s Scottish small business confidence index jumped from -154.8 points in Q1, the lowest ever figure recorded, to -10.1 points in Q2. Over the same period,...

Established in 1994, Winfresh is one the UK’s leading suppliers of bananas including Fairtrade bananas from smallholders in the Caribbean. The Company...

Bibby Line Group has today announced that Jonathan Andrew will join their Bibby Financial Services business as Global CEO on 1st September. Jonathan joins the...

Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender, has been approved for accreditation by the British Business Bank as a lender under the Coronavirus...

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is today reporting that June 2020 was a record-breaking month for its Asset Finance offer, with a 50 per cent...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has moved to further strengthen its specialist lending panel with the addition of Hope Capital. This partnership will see F4B’s...

The proportion of UK small businesses predicting growth has almost doubled in just three months – from 14% to 27% – giving one of the first tangible...

Commenting on today’s figures showing that unemployment in Scotland rose to 4.3% between March and May, Colin Borland, FSB’s Director of Devolved Nations,...

Funding Xchange, the leading government approved portal helping small businesses access loans which have been unavailable through their mainstream bank, is...

More UK finance decision makers have labelled their company as inefficient than two years ago while the number of teams who describe their business’ internal...

Hope Capital has completed its first ever loan based on an automated valuation model (AVM), which it introduced just a few weeks ago. The property – a...

Two thirds of Britain’s SME business leaders say they are now more environmentally conscious in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new...

A survey of more than 60 Yorkshire-based finance directors has gathered new data highlighting the extent of the impact of the global pandemic on the region’s...

Atradius is pleased to announce James Burgess is appointed Head of UK Commercial with effect from 01 July 2020. James, who has been with Atradius since...

53% of property and commercial finance brokers responding to United Trust Bank’s most recent Broker Sentiment Survey have reported that they are open for...

Phil Mills, head of food and drink at Old Mill comments on what the chancellor’s announcements today mean for pubs and restaurants: “The Chancellor, Rishi...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £1.1 million Invoice Discounting and Asset Finance funding facility to First Components Group Ltd, a West...

York-based insurance company, The Insurance Emporium, recently surveyed over a thousand people across the UK during lockdown to find out how the COVID-19...

Alternative finance provider, Reward Finance Group, has joined The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) which has more than 2000...

The impact of COVID-19 has forced a drastic positive culture change in family firms, creating stronger solidarity and cohesion within the company and causing...

In response to reports that tomorrow the Chancellor will announce a package of measures to improve the energy efficiency of our leaky homes and buildings,...

Independent invoice financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), provided £40m in new funding facilities to corporate businesses throughout June as it continues...

Vapiano, the restaurant chain which offers pizza, pasta and salads at seven locations across the UK has been rescued following the appointment of Allan Graham...

According to new research from the Centre for Policy Studies, 22% of SMEs still don’t use digital platforms, such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn, or...

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is today announcing that it can offer Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) backed Bridging...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has today been accredited by the British Business Bank as a lender under the government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today launched the second iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q2 rental yields across...

Robert Marshall, Managing Director of WorkLife, a digital employee benefits platform that provides free financial advice to workers, says “With over £11bn...

Landwood Group’s Commercial Asset Management division in Manchester has bucked the trend of a Covid-19 downturn with a raft of high profile new instructions....

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £9m Group funding facility to support the re-finance of Currie European Transport Ltd, a transport and storage...

The total value of construction contract awards in May 2020 was £2.4 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 45.9% on April and...

Today, Education Secretary John Swinney announced in parliament that schools will reopen full time from August 11, subject to safe Covid levels. Colin Borland,...

Today, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Siemens announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally...

Accountants must become more proficient in financial forecasting and using accounting specific software if they are to be of value in the future, according to...

United Trust Bank has launched a range of Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) facilities designed to assist a wide range of SMEs which have...

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the addition of Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) to its lending panel. This panel addition will offer...

Former Small Firms Commissioner joins Forum of Private Business Board to boost support for small businesses Paul Uppal, the Government’s Small Firms...

Sue Chapple has succeeded Philip King as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management, the world’s largest professional credit management...

On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 27 JUSTICES: Lord Reed (President), Lord Briggs, Lord Kitchin, Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt BACKGROUND TO THE APPEAL This case is...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this afternoon announced that shops that sell products other than food will be able to re-open from Monday 29 June, but...

Alternative finance provider, Reward Finance Group, is enjoying a double celebration this month. As well as marking the first anniversary of the opening of its...

London, Scottish and North East-based SMEs will be the worst affected by coronavirus, according to new research by small business insurer Simply Business. The...

UTB has been approved for accreditation by the British Business Bank as a lender for the Government backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £5m funding facility to Hider Food Imports Ltd, a wholesale food supplier based in Hull. The family-run...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund Hawkfield Homes’ latest project providing 22 new homes in the charming Gloucestershire town of Wotton-under-edge....

The UK’s economy shrank by 20.4% in April, the largest monthly contraction on record, according to new figures released by the Office for National...

Having raised £20,000 for its chosen charities last year, Reward Finance Group, is going all out this year to try and beat that total, despite COVID-19...

The coronavirus crisis has spurred many Scottish smaller firms to sell more online; to introduce new products and services; and to use digital technologies to...

Leading independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has provided a £850,000 funding facility to innovative recruitment specialists, MBA and...

This afternoon Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Fergus Ewing suggested that from 15 July Scottish tourism businesses may be able to resume operations. The...

It’s been revealed that 14% of SMEs owners have used their personal savings for immediate financial support during the pandemic, according to a survey...

Hope Capital today launches a wholly unique bridging loan – the Hope Combi Loan. This brand-new product combines the Discounted Rate Loan with the Hope Flexi...

The coronavirus pandemic is causing SME owners across the country to take drastic action in order to ensure their business survives. According to research by...

Pubs and restaurants may have to ask customers to prepay for their meals if they are going to survive under social distancing measures, argues Phil Mills, head...

Reward Finance Group’s Manchester office has reached its 100th deal by helping Warrington-based Care at Home Group (CAHG) to recruit an additional 80 carers...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

Stuart Ramsden has been named as Regional Director UK & Ireland for leading trade credit insurer Atradius. Stuart, who has been with the firm since 1991...

Alternative finance provider, Reward Finance Group, which has offices in Leeds and Manchester, has posted record year-end figures for the ninth consecutive...

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is today announcing that it has expanded its Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) accreditation...

Euler Hermes, the world leader in trade credit insurance, welcomes the UK government’s agreement to support intercompany trade by guaranteeing transactions...

Leading Trade Credit Insurer Atradius welcomes today’s announcement by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that the UK Government has...

Bridging lender Hope Capital today launches a new product which gives borrowers control and flexibility of their cashflow. The Discounted Rate loan is designed...

Managed services provider eacs has secured a multi-million refinance deal thanks to brokers Knight Capital Funding, and corporate lender Shawbrook Bank....

UK businesses are becoming less “financially agile”, new research has suggested, with the proportion of companies proactively using budgets to manage their...

The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Economy Fiona Hyslop this afternoon confirmed that businesses which occupy shared premises, such as those...

Under Phase 2 of the Government’s Covid-19 recovery strategy roadmap, non-essential stores were supposed to open in phases starting on Monday. In the event,...

A survey conducted by commercial data and analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet found that prior to the coronavirus outbreak only 22 percent of small and medium...

Philip Duffy and Matthew Ingram, both of Duff & Phelps, have announced the sale of a substantial part of the business and assets of Whittalls Wine...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has provided an £850,000 funding facility which includes Invoice Discounting and Trade Finance to H Bronnley and Co UK Ltd, a...

Hope Capital today launches a new product range, taking into account the needs of individual customers and catering for the needs of different borrowers and...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has provided a £50,000 facility to Energy Angels, enabling the business to continue operating at full capacity during the crisis...

Fiduciam, the short-term and marketplace lender, has just closed two development loans, with a total value of £2.5million, with one using its ‘Stepping...

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce today launched its recovery plan for Covid-19 – “The Way Forward”. At its heart the plan highlights 4 key...

Hope Capital is set to launch its new Custom Collection range of bridging loans. This collection is a set of six different products, features and options which...

The Scottish Government today announced that coronavirus financial help will be expanded to include businesses that share properties, such as indoor markets,...

Employees that work from home are unlikely to be less innovative, according to new research by the University of Cologne and the Leibniz University Hannover....

The total value of construction contract awards in April 2020 was £4.4 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 36.4% on March...

Today’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales estimates for April will result in the extinction of many much-loved stores, fears the UK home...

“People have been looking for cars actively during the lock-down. In the case of findandfundmycar, more have also taken their interest to the next level by...

A webinar will be run on at 3.30 on the afternoon of Friday 22 May by the CICM East of England Branch. With many disbanded credit teams across the UK,...

The Scottish Government has today published a four-phase plan to ease lockdown restrictions. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) welcomed the news that...

Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximises value for clients, today announced that Rob Armstrong has joined the firm as a...

Leading UK invoice finance firm Optimum Finance has announced a new funding line increase to £16 million as it strives to provide small and medium businesses...

Atradius welcomes today’s Government announcement that it intends to develop a treasury-backed temporary reinsurance scheme to help businesses recover from...

Euler Hermes, the world leader in trade credit insurance, welcomes the plan announced by the UK government to provide support to the private sector by offering...

UK Innovation funder Rocking Horse has today announced a multi-million-pound partnership with London-based specialist investment firm Quilam Capital who have...

A West Midlands company has repurposed its business model in order to produce vital PPE stations and acrylic protection screens to the medical sector, with...

Saudi Arabia’s efforts to boost both non-oil and private-sector growth, while moving swiftly to introduce measures aimed at mitigating the impact of...

The UK is making great strides in adopting process automation technologies like robotic process automation (RPA) and process mining, according to new research...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak this afternoon announced that the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended for another four months. In...

The mattress and bedding division of Breasley Pillows Limited (trading as Breasley, Breasley Foam, Salus and Uno) one of the UK’s leading producers of rolled...

The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the newly introduced Bounce Back Loan Scheme are now thought to have provided over £10billion worth of...

The UK courier specialist ParcelHero has welcomed the UK Government’s new Covid-19 Recovery Strategy, which reveals its plans for rebuilding the economy...

Allan Graham, Jimmy Saunders and Matthew Ingram of Duff & Phelps Ltd were appointed Joint Administrators of the UK trading companies in the Arlington...

I’m not pretending any of this is easy. The situation we have found ourselves in personally and professionally is like nothing else. The one vital thing to...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell...

The FLA has renewed its call to the Government and the Bank of England to take urgent action to support the non-bank lending market. New figures released today...

Subcontractors are entering the most challenging period of the COVID-19 outbreak according to Jim Davis, Managing Director for Construction Finance at Bibby...

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s fifth weekly Business Monitor survey shows business confidence remains low as employers wait to see how and when the...

Thousands of small businesses could be missing out on up to £50,000 worth of funding that they aren’t aware they are eligible for. The government’s new...

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is today announcing that it has been approved for accreditation to the government backed Coronavirus Business...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has provided a £1.3m facility to steelwork specialist firm Leyton Group, enabling the business to take on larger projects and...

Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has provided a £6m funding facility to Bright Green Plastics Ltd, a plastic recycling specialist with...

100% government-backed Bounce Back loans are available from today at a set interest rate of 2.5%. Mark Neath, director at Old Mill says the fact that all rates...

With the COVID-19 pandemic far from over, now could be the time for independents to consider if they should become part of a franchise. This is according to...

Experienced insolvency practitioner Laura Baxter has been promoted to director, based at Begbies Traynor’s growing offices in the Humber region. After...

UK startup competition The Pitch has conducted independent research into entrepreneurship during Covid-19. Out of 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 11% said they...

A new £100 million Scottish Government package of additional grant support for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) and newly self-employed people opens...

The proportion of UK small businesses predicting growth has plummeted from 39% to just 14% in the last three months – with 31% of business owners scaling...

Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £600,000 funding facility to Tech Professionals Ltd. a technical recruitment company...

BExA has submitted a response to the International Trade Committee’s Inquiry on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade. “The current...

Welcoming today’s announcement by the UK Government is establishing a new emergency loan initiative for small businesses, including a 100% government...

The funds sent to UK businesses through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) are worth less than two per cent of the £212.8 billion in...

COVID-19 has impacted virtually all businesses across the UK in some way. Whilst some have shut their doors (possibly permanently) others are enjoying the sort...

Food and drink businesses defied an overall drop in UK exports during the first quarter of 2020 as supply chain disruption and international efforts to combat...

Commenting Martyn Shakespear, National Head of Banking & Finance, at Baldwins Accountancy, part of the Cogital Group, said: “Many of the issues...

Already cash strapped SMEs across the country will be (up to) £20b out of pocket when the first round of salaries are paid to the 8 million people currently...

Onguard, the leading specialists in order-to-cash and credit management, has selected technology services company Rackspace to boost the agility of its...

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is today announcing the appointment of two Regional Directors to its North West team to support the region...

Research being collated daily by Funding Xchange, the principal online platform appointed by the Government to help businesses declined for loans by their...

The Government’s announcement today is welcome in addressing the finance challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis to scaling businesses across sectors and...

The Scottish Government has released figures showing that £215 million of coronavirus grant funding has been released to 18,528 Scottish businesses. The...

Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has provided a £3.5m funding facility to Capital Cooling Refrigeration Limited, a refrigeration...

Reward Finance Group has strengthened its ambitious growth plans with the appointment of Steve Noble as managing director of its North West region. This is a...

The Scottish Government has announced new coronavirus support for smaller businesses and self-employed, following representations from the Federation of Small...

The IT equipment finance and plant and machinery finance sectors reported new business up in February 2020 by 10% and 1% respectively, compared with the same...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (9 April 2020) launched a new COVID-19 support hub page for its appointed representative (AR) firms,...

As part of the succession programme at Reward Finance Group, Nick Smith has been promoted to group MD. He takes over the role, at the alternative finance...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP’s 3 April announcement that financial support for the vital mid-tier sector is now available for businesses with up to £500m...

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s second Business Monitor survey has confirmed the extent of the impact of coronavirus on local businesses. The...

AskIf – an inclusive finance company that facilitates business loans for startups and SMEs who may have been denied funding by other lenders –...

Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces the expansion of its Business Development team in the Midlands with the addition of Stuart Smith as Business...

The small business champion ParcelHero has welcomed the latest revisions to the Government’s much-criticised Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme...

Following the changes announced today to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), Mark Neath, Director in the Commercial Team at experts Old...

Air Group, the collective of companies covering a range of retirement and later life services, has today launched a new Hub for advisers providing Coronavirus...

Aneesh Varma, Founder and CEO at Aire, comments: “We welcome the FCA’s proposed measures to support users facing financial difficulties due to...

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) and Grosvenor Funding have combined to secure a four-day completion on a bridging loan facility which allowed a...

Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces the expansion of its Asset Based Lending team (ABL) in Yorkshire, with the appointment of Riana Azam as Regional...

The Institute of Export & International Trade is calling on the government to include import taxes in its COVID-19 measure of deferring the VAT, duty and...

The Lakes Distillery, a whisky maker with an artistic ethos, has received a £3.5 million asset-based lending facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial...

Richard Harris – Chief Legal Officer at global recruitment consultancy (31 countries) Robert Walters Plc: “The Chancellor’s announcement offers a...

The Chancellor’s introduction of a Self-employed Income Support Scheme for self-employed people affected by the impact of Coronavirus is welcome but does not...

A new free guide to help small businesses manage their cashflow during the current COVID-19 crisis has been published by the Chartered Institute of Credit...

Fiducia Group, one of the UK’s leading financial services brokers, has launched a new asset finance division offering bespoke funding solutions to support...

Clients are hesitant to commit, there are no orders coming in currently and new jobs are being postponed. Your business is largely grinding to a halt. And so,...

Figures released by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland show that there are thousands of self-employed people in every Scottish local...

With coronavirus already affecting businesses, new research from Nucleus Commercial Finance reveals that prior to the virus having an impact, nearly half of...

Scottish businesses can now apply for grants and rates reliefs to help them deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to an announcement by...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that FLA members provided £11.1 billion of new business in January 2020, 2%...

A family-owned Manchester vehicle leasing company has launched its disaster recovery plan in response to the Coronavirus. There has been a huge change in...

The Association of Alternative Business Finance (AABF), representing many of the new lenders that have been the backbone lenders of many businesses following...

Over the last decade, business peer-to-peer lending, also known as crowdlending, has become an appealing alternative financial source for many European...

Property technology startup, Twindig, has today announced key findings from research on the UK housing market, carried out earlier this month. Their survey...

Landbay, one of the UK’s leading, institutionally funded buy-to-let lenders, today improves its application process with the introduction of an instant...

Following this week’s announcement of £330 billion to help Britain’s small and medium enterprises (15% of UK GDP) cope with the economic fallout of...

Response from Optimum Finance CEO Richard Pepler to the latest set of economic support measures announced Tuesday 17 March: “UK Plc is facing a challenge...

This afternoon the Scottish Government outlined a new package of support for businesses facing difficulties because of the coronavirus outbreak. The value of...

Commenting on the Government’s new economic support package, Dave Miller, client account manager at Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, said: “Less than a week...

Following the breakdown of OPEC+’s production agreement, Warwick Knowles, Senior Economist at commercial data & analytics firm, Dun & Bradstreet,...

Fiduciam Ireland has started 2020 with a substantial increase in new business, both north and south of the border, and is bullish about the prospects for rest...

Atradius’ insurance premium revenue grew 6.7% to EUR 1,759.5 million in 2019 from EUR 1,648.5 million in 2018 (6.1% at constant exchange rates). The...

The Budget, understandably, focussed on the coronavirus and the implications on both a health and finance basis, meaning other changes that may impact...

In addition to the emergency interest rate cut announced by The Bank of England today from 0.75% to 0.25% which will make borrowing cheaper for businesses,...

Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, said: On coronavirus ‘This was an extremely impressive performance from the new Chancellor – and...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his first Budget, outlining a number of new measures to support smaller firms during the coronavirus outbreak. In...

Hitachi Capital Business Finance today announces the launch of its Inputs Finance product directly to British Farmers to help spread the cost of acquiring...

UK SMEs are calling on the Government to tackle issues around business rates, late payments and the rollout of 5G in this week’s Spring Budget, according to...

Liz Bingham OBE has been appointed CEO of R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade association. She joins R3 after a 35-year career in the insolvency and...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £500,000 funding facility to FEL Group Ltd. a ventilation and air conditioning specialist with have over 20...

Purchasing processes within UK businesses are getting worse and driving down productivity, according to a new study, with the number of finance decision makers...

Landwood Group has strengthened its offering with the launch of a new commercial asset management division. The Manchester-headquartered firm of chartered...

As negotiations on a final Brexit deal with the EU begin, experts from the University of Salford Business School offer advice to the negotiating team. Dr Maria...

Following the BoE mortgage lending figures today, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “This is our first insight into the...

Research conducted by Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, has revealed that nearly four in 10 (39%) of UK SMEs encountered financial...

Since 2007, we’ve had a financial crisis, a rise in populism that has seen many countries question the soundness of globalization as well the imposition of...

P.Keenan Road Surfacing has revealed its recent success in the Northern Ireland Road Safety Awards is thanks to FORS. The family-run business, which is based...

Commenting on the publication of the British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2019/20 report, which shows that asset finance provided to small...

Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces the expansion of its Asset Based Lending team (ABL) with the appointment of Niall Dunphy as Senior Relationship...

Invoice finance firm Optimum Finance is reporting a record year for 2019 having reached a major milestone in over £100 million invoices funded last year (up...

Late payments from customers are ‘business as usual’ for many small business owners in difficulty, according to new research from the Money Advice Trust,...

Eligible has assembled a new Advisory Board. Comprised of mortgage industry leaders, the Advisory Board will work with management to ensure that it stays at...

One in five small businesses could close or radically change their business model due to difficulties in recruiting EU workers, according to new research from...

Matthew Ingram and Tyrone Courtman, both of Duff & Phelps Ltd., Joint Administrators of Accessible Transport Group Limited, have successfully sold the...

Bridging lender Fiduciam has closed a complex cross-border loan with a transaction value of €10m in the student accommodation sector, involving the...

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland has voiced the concern of its members over the costs and administrative burdens of the UK Government’s...

Euler Hermes, the global leader in trade credit insurance, launches TradeMatch. This new, free and easy to access web application identifies export business...

Scotland’s small businesses ended a tough 2019 with confidence and profits falling, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reveal. In the...

Menzies LLP, a top 20 UK accountancy firm, has become the Chartered Institute of Credit Management’s newest Corporate Partner to increase the visibility of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew in December 2019 by 12% compared with...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has today announced enhancements to its cash flow finance product, responding to feedback from brokers and broadening its appeal to...

A new insight report by trade credit insurer Atradius shines the spotlight on North American markets, providing an inside track for any business trading in the...

With the UK adjusting to life outside the EU, three in four UK businesses (78%) are putting plans in place to adapt for growth post-Brexit. 18% of firms have...

Trade credit insurer Atradius has published a new, economic review of Argentina. The report, entitled Argentina: clock is ticking 100 days after elections, is...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has today become a preferred specialist distribution provider for the Beneficial Network. This partnership will offer Beneficial’s...

A £1 million innovative glamping and leisure complex, next to the popular North Yorkshire Moors railway, is on track to be completed in Spring with £800k...

Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximises value for clients, has appointed Chris Coley as Managing Director, further...

Specialist asset-based lender, Ultimate Finance, is today announcing the launch of its Structured Finance proposition providing a streamlined solution for UK...

After more than three years since the UK voted to leave the EU, the UK and European Union have parted company with a structured withdrawal agreement. On Friday...

Last week saw the President of the Queen’s Bench Division give formal approval to the deferred prosecution agreement between the Serious Fraud Office and...

Ahead of the second anniversary of Open Banking legislation, Roger Vincent, COO of Trade Ledger, the specialist mid-market Lending-as-a-Service platform for...

Hope Capital has enhanced its highly competitive Hope Seven 5 bridging product due to demand from brokers and borrowers. For the first time, the Hope Seven 5...

Airbus says it has agreed a settlement with French, British and US authorities following lengthy investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption. In...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) in...

Rob Straathof, CEO at Liberis Finance, an award-winning finance provider on a mission to transform small business finance for good – comments on the...

Philip King, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), has been appointed interim Small Business Commissioner (SBC). Mr King will...

Nucleus Commercial Finance (Nucleus) and Paragon Bank PLC (Paragon) today announce a £25 million funding line that will support more SMEs through secured...

It can feel like as a small business, you’re already on the back foot when it comes to negotiations, especially if you’re negotiating with a larger...

Overseas demand for British luxury goods, homeware and sports and leisure products helped an index of UK manufacturing exports recover from a seven-year low in...

The Scottish Government’s refreshed Economic Action Plan will only deliver if backed by concrete pro-business measures in the forthcoming Scottish Government...

Neil Bennett and Andrew Duncan, Directors at Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group, were appointed by MSP Capital Limited, one of the largest property...

Fast growth firm Optimum Finance is leading the UK invoice finance market by incorporating cutting edge technological solutions into its client approvals,...

Growth in the value of UK exports will outstrip the rest of Europe this year with only China, the US and Canada set to record bigger increases globally,...

Small food and drink producers are being urged to enhance their risk mitigation processes in a sector report by trade credit insurer Atradius. The Food Market...

Three quarters of Scottish firms believe that giving councils additional powers over non-domestic rates would be bad for business, according to a new survey...

More than three in four small business owners (77%) are priotising new initiatives for 2020 to make their business stronger. With 2019 being characterised by...

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has announced major growth plans for its creditor services business, including substantial new investments in products,...

Specialist asset-based lender, Ultimate Finance, broke its own annual lending record by providing funds of more than £1.6bn to SMEs across the UK last year....

British business leaders do not believe their companies are fully up to speed with developing technologies – with only around half (53%) saying they are...

Sarah Bell and Steven Muncaster of Duff & Phelps have secured a sale of the business and assets of InLink (“The Company”) having reached an agreement...

Almost two thirds (64%) of small and medium-sized businesses want to improve their environmental sustainability, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial...

Research from Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, found that the majority of businesses have performed better than expected in 2019....

It’s safe to say the past decade hasn’t been a smooth ride for SMEs. During the first half of the 2010s, the nation was still busy recovering from the...

Insolvencies in the UK steel sector are forecast to rise by 5% in 2020, according to a report from trade credit insurer Atradius. The Atradius annual Market...

An experienced banking expert has joined Together to lead its professional sector and auction teams as the specialist lender bolsters its presence across the...

The Queen has outlined the new UK Government’s agenda, revealing plans for more than 30 Bills. Andrew McRae, FSB’s Scotland policy chair, said: “The new...

Chirag Shah, CEO, Nucleus Commercial Finance comments: “After what may have been one of the most defining general elections of our time, it’s encouraging...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew...

Three quarters of SME senior decision makers in the UK and Ireland believe their business can help tackle climate change, according to Close Brothers Business...

Major insolvencies have rebounded as retail and construction accounted for more than a quarter of world’s large corporate failures in Q3 2019, according to...

Contribution of digital workers will grow by 50% “75% of organisations are struggling to recruit digital skills, making room for a boom in the number of...

Graydon, one of Europe’s leading providers of business data, insights, analytics and solutions, won the prize for Outstanding Fraud Consultants at the...

Gary Bailey, Hope Capital’s managing director, says “With this emphatic victory for the conservatives, it proves that the people of the UK want a swift end...

Euler Hermes, the worldwide leader in trade credit insurance, has appointed three country chief executive officers (CEOs) within its Northern Europe Region....

The majority of leaders of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the country have plans to brush up their skills in 2020, according to new research from...

Trade Ledger and Mambu have partnered to transform bank and alternative finance lending to businesses. Trade Ledger will overlay its platform on the Mambu...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided two funding facilities to businesses under the Venian Group of Companies. Venian Recruitment Ltd., a specialist...

Markus Kuger, Chief Economist at Dun & Bradstreet speaks about how the general election is impacting GDP growth and the wider economy. And although...

Brookes HC Recruitment has enjoyed a complete turnaround in fortunes thanks to Ultimate Finance providing an invoice finance facility and back office support....

Commenting on today’s construction output data from the Office for National Statistics, Neil Knight, business development director, Spicerhaart Part-Exchange...

Reward Finance Group has promoted Gemma Wright to regional managing director for Yorkshire and the North East. Gemma joined the alternative finance provider as...

Spending time with family and loved ones is the most important aspect of Christmas, research from Ferratum Group, a global provider of mobile financial...

Brexit uncertainty is taking its toll across the UK, with more than half (54%) of SME owners stating that the ongoing process is impacting how they run their...

‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ for bridging customers as Hope Capital brings ‘Joy to the World’ with its ‘Ho! Ho! Hope!’ product...

Scotland has more registered businesses per head of population now than at any point over the last ten years, according to official figures. Statistics...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Jim Davis as Managing Director for Construction Finance as it looks to further its support for SME businesses in...

Set against a backdrop of unprecedented change – British small businesses are remaining stoic and are facing the next three months with renewed focus and a...

For Sam Carmichael, a career in the wholesale timber industry has been a hugely successful one. After gaining over 15 years’ experience working for big...

In just six months there has been a 26% rise in the number of small businesses saying that market uncertainty is holding their business back from growing...

Tens of thousands of small businesses could face big business rates hikes as a consequence of a decision made today by a Scottish Parliament committee. Today...

Following news from the Bank of England (BoE) that UK firms are to face their biggest lending squeeze since the financial crisis, Liberis Finance, an...

It’s that time of year again. For some, it may feel like it’s been creeping up for a while, but for others, Christmas can really feel as though it’s come...

The UK has narrowly avoided a recession by the skin of its teeth. Many sectors have been affected, along with their terms of trade, but avoiding a recession...

At a time when both main political parties have made separate pledges to tackle cyber-crime, new research shows a worrying lack of preparedness among...

Independently owned corporate finance adviser, Castle Corporate Finance, is a proud sponsor of the Scale-Up category at the Lloyds National Business Awards....

A businessman is set to move offices and upgrade his company’s IT systems thanks to a commercial loan secured against his family home. Specialist lender...

Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Steve Taylor as Business Development Manager for Construction &...

New survey from leading research firm IDC has revealed the true extent of software robots supporting humans in the workplace. The IDC whitepaper, Content...

Investment is on hold, and no one is taking risks in the current environment, because Brexit uncertainty has stifled businesses, according to leading business...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £800,000 funding facility to D&A Recruitment Ltd., an independent recruitment company specialising in a...

Shawbrook Bank has today announced the launch of a new Business Savings Easy Access account as it begins the roll‐out of its enhanced SME savings...

Specialist distributor First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the addition of specialist lender, InterBay Commercial, to its lending panel. This addition will...

With many areas of the country facing further flood alerts over the new few days – with 115 areas expected to be hit – leading asset finance firm...

1st Stop Group Limited, the specialist consumer lender, is delighted to announce it has passed £250 million of outstanding loans. 1st Stop Group – a...

Over half (54%) of the UK’s SMEs, equating to 3.1 million businesses, admit they had not prepared in any way for Brexit ahead of the 31 October deadline...

Independently owned corporate finance adviser, Castle Corporate Finance, is a proud sponsor of the Scale-Up category at the Lloyds National Business Awards....

MarketInvoice has today updated its name to MarketFinance. The fintech business lender established in 2011, has provided over £2.6 billion in lending to...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £750,000 funding facility to Pentland Material Supply Ltd., a specialist engineering solutions provider serving...

Commenting on today’s construction output data from the Office for National Statistics, Neil Knight, business development director, Spicerhaart Part-Exchange...

Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Karl Leitelmayer as its Head of Business Centre for Trade Finance....

Corby-based Aten Global, a specialist in the design, installation and implementation of innovative solar renewable power solutions, is extending its global...

Official figures published today show the number of businesses operating in Scotland is at a record high and that small and medium sized firms now account for...

Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, has today announced changes to its cash flow finance product, delivering more finance options for...

Paperwork isn’t the most exciting part of running a small business, and spending valuable time balancing payments or issuing invoices is no-one’s idea of...

The full report can be found here and the main findings show business optimism amongst SME manufacturing firms deteriorated in the three months to October, at...

A new report from Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions, says the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has changed forever. Their...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 5%...

A report by trade credit insurer Atradius reveals the top trading risks within Eastern Europe’s major markets. The Eastern Europe Country Report is designed...

From 1 January 2020, he will replace Isidoro Unda who has announced his departure after 12 years as the insurance company’s Chief Executive Officer. At...

Doncaster-based Chantal’s Perfect Day Florist is a business that is going from strength to strength, thanks in part to a flexible funding solution designed...

Scottish firms should prepare for unsettled trading conditions as governments take action on climate change and the country grapples with a series of major...

Trade Ledger, the ground-breaking business lending platform, which automates commercial lending processes for global banks and alternative finance providers,...

Sales on credit are on the up despite the prevailing economic challenges as UK businesses strive to appear more attractive to potential customers, reveals the...

Business finance company MarketInvoice, has launched a new specialist team to provide finance facilities for Britain’s larger businesses. Having provided...

As a Holyrood committee calls for comments [1] on Scotland’s proposed deposit return system [2], small business leaders and environmentalists have come...

UK exports fell in Q3 amid a global slowdown in economic growth and rising international trade tensions, according to the latest Lloyds Bank International...

Implementing Christmas traditions in the workplace can boost productivity levels, new research has found. A study carried out by Christmas Tree World, the...

UK exports fell in Q3 amid a global slowdown in economic growth and rising international trade tensions, according to the latest Lloyds Bank International...

Established specialist lender Together has agreed a £7million funding facility for a luxury family-orientated homes development in the North West. Bespoke...

JLG Group is focussed on providing a real alternative to traditional UK Business Banking and has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000...

Almost two in three UK businesses (63%) say they will not be ready for Brexit by 31 October – and 26% say they need a further 6-12 months to get their...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Jade McClellan as a Relationship Manager for Trade Finance. Jade joins BFS with 18 years’ experience in the...

Avetta, one of the world leaders in providing cloud-based supply chain risk management solutions, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed...

The Institute of Export and International Trade is pleased to announce the appointment of Marco Forgione as its new Director General. Mr Forgione, currently...

Vibrant, family-friendly community pub, The Junction, opens in Polegate following support from a start-up loan. The project will revive a run-down pub into a...

Fiduciam has met its target of hiring 25 new staff members in 2019, hiring ten new people during the Summer. Its team now combines 15 nationalities speaking 21...

The UK’s impending exit from the EU is likely to be an epochal moment. Depending on the form of the exit, there could only be minor impacts, or there could...

Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced its support for the Business Finance Council’s SME Finance Charter, in a bid to improve...

Specialist asset-based lender, Ultimate Finance, today announced its commitment to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the face of Brexit uncertainty...

After a successful career in the fashion industry, Ian O’Connor decided to develop a new electric bike / scooter business. Having witnessed the rise of...

Trade credit insurer Atradius has published a report on South Africa for businesses trading, or considering trading, within the country. The South Africa...

A new research paper from Siemens Financial Services (SFS) says innovative Energy-as-a-Service solutions can help UK manufacturers save up £5.6 billion over...

Two in five small business owners (40%) say they are taking legal action against customers not paying them on time and many bosses are foregoing their own...

The CBI is set to release a new analysis of Labour’s renationalisation plans on Monday 14th October 2019. It estimates the upfront cost of taking the...

Maintaining the momentum of the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit last month, a global network of 30 financial centres – accounting for $61.3 trillion in...

Price Bailey has made four more senior-level promotions including Sarah Pool to Director and Stephanie Lloyd, Gemma Thake and Louise Fox to Senior Manager with...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) held...

Bridging lender Fiduciam has expanded into Scotland and has now completed its first transaction there, enabling the refinancing of a Glasgow care home. This...

Hitachi Capital Business Finance this week launches a new Smart Funding flexible payment plan to help thousands of small business owners secure growth funding...

The British Exporters Association (BExA) today launches its 10th annual benchmarking of UK Export Finance (UKEF), which provides an analysis of UKEF’s...

Social Businesses are becoming an increasingly important area of the UK economy but need support to grow faster, a new report – produced jointly by the...

Rising costs are the greatest challenge facing small businesses around the world, according to the latest Global Business Monitor study from global SME...

Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is building on the strength of its record H1 results by investing significantly in its North West sales team....

The Fiducia Group, one of the UK’s leading financial services brokers, is today launching Fiducia Corporate Finance.   Fiducia Corporate Finance will...

“Although most of Western Europe is showing increasing level of stress against the backdrop of slowing global growth and an escalating trade war, the...

IndustrialComms is enjoying greater cash flow flexibility as a result of Siemens Financial Services’ (SFS) Extended Payment Terms (EPT) tool. Launched...

Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Alberto Argentieri as its Head of Operations for Construction...

Martin Dodd has been appointed Huntswood’s new Chief Executive Officer. He joins from Lloyds Banking Group, where most recently he was Managing Director of...

“When we combine persistent uncertainty and lack of planning resource, it’s no surprise to see smaller businesses voice their concern about the no-deal...

As the Conservative Party gathers in Manchester for its Annual Conference, the Greater Manchester Chamber’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey, completed by...

More consultation is needed before the Government progresses plans to change how planes are used in airline insolvencies, R3, the insolvency and restructuring...

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking is to become the first UK bank to partner with komgo to enable quicker international commodity trade finance using distributed...

Liberis Finance has had a facelift, with a new identity and website that better reflects its status as one of the UK’s leading alternative finance providers....

“Today’s decision to maintain the current monetary policy stance comes against the backdrop of further easing in the euro zone and in the US. However, as...

Impact Specialist Finance, the specialist mortgage broker and distributor, has announced a series of Autumn Breakfast Broker Seminars. There will be five...

Firgrove Holdings Limited, which operates a range of companies within the land, property, funding and development sectors, is preparing to complete its latest...

Businesses in Eastern Europe are conducting significantly more sales on credit to boost their competitiveness in overseas markets, reports leading trade credit...

A new state-of-the-nation study into how UK businesses are prepared for Brexit, has revealed a staggering 43% of businesses believe the process of exiting the...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has agreed to provide a £414,000 finance facility to On Power Electrical & Mechanical, supporting the company’s business...

Sound macroeconomic policies and favourable external conditions have enabled Iceland’s economy to emerge stronger from a decade of post-crisis management....

Commenting on the price of oil following the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s production facilities, Lionel Kruger, Director at JCRA, said: “In a sobering display...

Commenting on the rise in oil prices following an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, Artur Baluszynski, Head of Research at Henderson Rowe, said:...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £800,000 funding facility to Triflora International Ltd, an importer of seasonal homewares supplying prominent...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) overall...

Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Theo Chatha as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BFS, Theo spent...

Research from Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, reveals that more than half (52%) of UK SME owners have business ambitions they feel...

The annual publication International Debt Collections Handbook of Atradius Collections covers extensive debt collections approaches in 48 countries around the...

With many Brits facing burnouts at work and with cases of business stress on the rise, the new research suggests that most small business owners build a...

Specialist lender Together has helped a customer renovate his new home and pay a solicitor’s bill after he was hit with an unexpected three-month delay on...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a multi-million funding line to Norman Broadbent Group plc (AIM: NBB), a leading London listed Professional...

Commenting on the Euro zone’s meagre GDP growth for Q2, Chris Towner, Director at JCRA, said: “Q2 GDP from the EU was confirmed at 0.2%. Meagre growth and...

While there is a strong and overdue focus on improving the work-life balance in many organisations, new research shows most managers are still at their...

A simple checklist for businesses to help keep the cash flowing regardless of the Brexit outcome has been published by The Chartered Institute of Credit...

Credit Kudos, challenger Credit Bureau, has strengthened its team with the appointment of David Fletcher as VP of Sales. David joins Credit Kudos after 5 years...

Esker, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven process automation solutions, has become a Corporate Partner of the Chartered Institute of Credit...

The Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management Philip King has given a cautious welcome to the Government’s call for evidence in...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Jonathon Preen as its new Global Head of Innovation to help bolster its global business offering. Jonathon joins...

1st Stop Group Limited (“1SG”), the specialist consumer lender, is pleased to announce that it has increased its credit facilities with its current...

Employees are an important part of any business. But in SMEs, a smaller team means that your people are even more vital to the overall success of your...

The Scottish Affairs Committee will be publish a new report today that recommends new action to prevent bank branch closures and protect Scotland’s cash...

Birmingham-based business, Veenak International, has established itself as one of the UK’s leading wholesalers in the healthcare space. Their medicines,...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has expanded its specialist distribution offering into the second charge mortgage market. The specialist distributor has set up a...

Leading business support organisation, the Forum of Private Business, is heralding the announcement that the Pub Code Adjudicator is to step down as a victory...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 6%...

According to almost two-thirds of CFOs (65%), digital transformation will result in fewer jobs, despite the fact that 32% of organisations aren’t currently...

A property finance expert has joined specialist lender Together as its corporate relationship director covering the North of England. Alex Garland, who has...

Egypt’s rapidly expanding health tourism industry and its role in helping the country to educate and retain medical professionals is explored by Shady Ali...

The latest landlord research from Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only, specialist lender has revealed that landlords who are planning to add to...

Insolvency and restructuring firm CVR Global is strengthening its overseas presence after acquiring an office in Jersey. The Moore Stephens Restructuring and...

UK employees now have a legal right to request flexible working, and while employers don’t always have to accept, the direction of travel is clear. More and...

Set against the warnings of a shrinking UK economy and full-blown recession, the nation’s small business community is holding strong – with an upturn...

London based fintech Shieldpay today announces that 44 law firms are utilising Shieldpay to improve efficiencies and deliver secure payments to help rid the...

UK business owners have revealed their biggest regret was the way they financed their business during the start-up period. Significantly almost one in four...

Five brokers in Just Mortgages’ self-employed division will now be trading as commercial brokers thanks to a partnership with leading commercial broker...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of second charge mortgage repossessions in Q2 2019 was 24, 38.5%...

Paragon Bank has completed the migration of its development finance lending portfolio onto the Phoebus development finance module. It follows Paragon’s...

Trade credit insurer Atradius has confirmed the appointment of Darren Power as head of commercial for the north. Darren, who has more than 20 years’...

According to Bacs (the company which runs Direct Debit in the UK), 52% of SMEs in the UK are owed monies from late payments. The average late payment debt now...

Chirag Shah, CEO, Nucleus Commercial Finance comments on today’s CBI SME Trends Survey: “Amid broader political uncertainty, it’s hardly surprising to...

Forums International is delighted to announce that Martyn Brooke has joined the organisation as a Consultant Partner and will be working closely with Laurie...

Lex Jones takes over as chief executive of Registry Trust on July 30, having been interim ceo from March 1. Registry Trust is the mission-led non-profit which...

One of the UK’s fastest-growing business advisory firms has strengthened its footprint across the UK with a flurry of acquisitions. The Baldwins Group have...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is visiting Scotland for the first time today since taking office and has announced a £300 million funding pot for communities in...

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has outlined 8 action points it believes should be top of the new government’s priority list, following Boris Johnson’s...

Nearly half (44%) of the UK’s SMEs, equating to 2.5m businesses, are struggling with cashflow as they attempt to prepare for Brexit, according to the latest...

Commenting on annual wind energy provided to the UK grid achieving record levels, Harry Merrison, Investment Manager at Kingswood, said: “The figures...

A record number of entries have been reported for this year’s Credit and Collections Technology Awards, devised by Credit Connect and hosted by the Credit...

Whilst the export of goods from the UK fell in Q2 2019, larger UK manufacturers remain focused on export growth with the highest proportion of companies...

Nine directors of the same company have secured a £1million funding package – through second charge loans secured against their homes – to expand...

County court judgments against businesses in England and Wales rose four percent in the first half of 2019, according to figures released today (July 24) by...

Today sees the launch of a new partnership between Experian and Funding Xchange, the leading online small business funding platform. Their collaboration will...

Today sees the launch of a new partnership between Experian and Funding Xchange, the leading online small business funding platform. Their collaboration now...

Akula Living, which provides top quality outdoor furniture to many of the world’s luxury hotels, cruise ships and hospitality venues, has stepped up...

Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released a new research paper examining how UK manufacturers can more easily implement energy optimisation solutions to...

The Ministry of Justice has today announced the introduction of compulsory body-worn cameras for certificated bailiffs and High Court Enforcement Officers,...

Responding to the Justice Ministers’ decision to mandate the use of body-worn video for civil enforcement agents, Russell Hamblin-Boone, CEO of the Civil...

The TALL Group of Companies, the UK leader in the provision of secure paper and electronic payment solutions, has developed an API that allows financial...

Darren, who boasts over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, will join the Manchester based Atradius Northern Hub this month. Mr Power moves to...

An experienced banker has joined Manchester-based financial institution Together as its corporate relationship director covering the North West region. Alex...

According to figures released today (July 17 2019) by Registry Trust, the number of decrees against Scottish businesses dropped by 28 percent in the first six...

TransUnion – a leading credit reference agency and global information solutions provider – has announced its partnership with prestigious football club...

More women than men in England and Wales became insolvent in 2018, following a pattern which has been in place for several years, says insolvency trade body...

Eighteen companies – including BT Plc, British American Tobacco, and Centrica – have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay...

Woodrow Mercer Finance, the Leeds-headquartered financial search and selection consultancy, is performing strongly with revenue continuing to show significant...

Specialist RegTech provider Shield is proud to announce it has won two categories in the well-respected Wealth and Finance International FinTech Awards 2019....

UK financial services firms are underperforming when it comes to complaints handling, despite their growing belief that customers are satisfied with their...

Tuber Produce, an independent fresh food wholesaler, has secured a Trade and Invoice Finance facility worth £1.15 million from Bibby Financial Services (BFS)...

eward Finance Group, the Leeds and Manchester alternative finance provider, has posted record year-end figures for the eighth consecutive year, as it continues...

The majority of CFOs (65%) expect digital transformation to significantly reduce the number of jobs in the financial services industry, according to the...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a funding facility to Complete Automotive Aftermarket Solutions Ltd., a Yorkshire-based automotive manufacturer...

Indesser, a joint venture between TDX Group (an Equifax company) and the Cabinet Office set up to manage consumer debt to government departments more...

Rapidly-expanding, tech-driven security specialist Safer Scotland has strengthened its financial infrastructure with the appointment of a new Finance Manager...