The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish businesses rose by more than a third during the third quarter of 2018, according to figures released...

Due to the success of ‘Credit Champions,’ The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) has partnered with ITN Productions to create flagship...

Arcinova, a contract research and development organisation providing a range of services to the pharmaceutical industry, is benefitting from invoice finance...

Reward Finance Group, the Leeds and Manchester-based alternative finance provider, has achieved another milestone by lending £7m across 23 deals in October,...

Official figures published today show that the number of Scottish businesses fell by 8,830 between March 2017 and March 2018 – with a large fall in...

Businesses in Britain have a higher proportion of overdue invoices compared to their counterparts across Western Europe, new research by trade credit insurer...

A growing number of small business owners and self-employed people are facing high levels of debt as they struggle to keep their businesses afloat, according...

With international sales higher than ever before, What More UK are not phased by Brexit negotiations. As the largest supplier and brand leader of plastic...

Lee Thorpe, head of risk business solutions, SAS UK & Ireland said: “With Brexit just around the corner, it’s good to see that the banking sector has...

The lack of improvement in the UK’s standing in the World Bank’s latest insolvency rankings underlines the need for UK corporate insolvency reform, says...

Funding Options today announced that Alastair Preacher has joined Funding Options as their new Chief Product Officer. Award-winning business finance...

Lender Together has saved a renovation project after completing a £135,800 short-term loan in just five working days. The customer, a Surrey-based property...

The 8thannual 2018 F&I Conference & Awards event hosted by Dealtrak on October 18thsaw Jigsaw Finance recognised as the Broker of the Year in what was...

iwoca, one of Europe’s fastest growing small business lenders, has today successfully released Open Banking for all new customers with a Lloyds Bank account....

Following the release of the Q3 2018 Insolvency Service statistics today, Richard Haymes, Head of Financial Difficulties at TDX Group, an Equifax company,...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) Specialist Director, Kash Ahmad, has been appointed to the board of the Institute of Export and International Trade...

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has given the Chancellor 5 out of 10 for his last budget before Britain leaves the EU. Managing Director Ian Cass said:...

Angus Dent, CEO of ArchOver: “The Tory party’s promise to put an end to austerity has been revealed as simply words, not actions. Hammond’s plans for...

NatWest has announced that Deloitte, Equifax and FreeAgent have signed up as partners to its Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, the UK’s largest...

David Birne, business recovery and insolvency partner at H W Fisher & Company comments: “That Debenhams has announced the closure of as many as 50...

In recent years, the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have gained a reputation in financial and technological circles as being somewhat of a...

Today the Scottish Government has published an Economic Action Plan – outlining a range of measures Ministers are taking to boost growth. Stuart Mackinnon,...

Following the UK Finance figures, Paul Hunt, Phoebus Software managing director, said “We are beginning to see something of a trend with the market waning in...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today announced the promotion of Graham Le Bas to the role of National Sales Manager. Graham has...

Experienced banker, Chris Ibbetson, has joined Reward Finance as a portfolio manager to handle the growing number of deals being generated by the SME funder....

Hope Capital has rebranded and moved to a new office this week, all as part of the next phase of its ambitious growth strategy. Hope Capital is on target to...

Demonstrating its sustained commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in the Financial Services and FinTech arena, Money20/20 Europe will sponsor the...

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has today announced it has provided commercial property specialists, Kingsway Properties London, with a £14...

ArchOver, the P2P business lending platform connecting businesses requiring finance with individual and institutional investors, is expanding into the West...

Young businesses decision makers (aged 16 to 29-years-old) are the most open to using external finance, with 57% planning to access additional funds in the...

Bibby Financial Services has provided a £5m Invoice Finance facility to Nigel Fredericks Trading, a London-based meat wholesaler which has recently been...

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

Trade credit insurer Atradius is better placed than ever to deliver crucial support to North West businesses. A world leader in trade credit insurance with an...

The Apprentice returns this week for a 14th series, as 16 entrepreneurs and impresarios battle it out to win a significant investment in their respective...

Arum has secured a place on the newly launched Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 Framework (DOS3), run by Crown Commercial Services (CCS). This framework...

To support its technological and business development, Tinubu Square, a leading provider of Credit Insurance, Surety and Trade Finance solutions, recruits...

Metro Bank, the revolution in British banking, has today announced that it has provided Auriga Holdings Ltd, the restaurant franchise business, with a £13.95...

Less businesses in Eastern Europe are offering credit to customers, a report by trade credit insurer Atradius has found. The 2018 edition of the Atradius...

Together has refreshed its unregulated short-term loan range by removing fees and lowering rates to help more people looking to buy investment properties. The...

Global trade growth could halve by 2020 should the US and China fail to agree a deal to halt the increase in import tariffs, according to leading trade credit...

Peer-to-peer lender, Assetz Capital, has agreed a deal with Connect for Intermediaries to be the first network that it distributes its products through. Assetz...

More than two thirds of small business owners (67%) are working on plans to deliver growth in the next three months. This represents a rise from this time last...

A £450,000 funding package from Henry Howard Finance has helped an independent Welsh gym become one of the largest privately-owned gyms, and the first...

Independent financial services provider, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the expansion of its global headquarters in Banbury, North Oxfordshire,...

Independent financial services provider, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the expansion of its global headquarters in Banbury, North Oxfordshire,...

Research from Dun & Bradstreet reveals that UK businesses prompt payments deteriorated in in the three months to June (Q2). On average, less than a third...

Scottish Government plans to introduce more frequent business rate revaluations will fail without a modernisation drive, according to the Federation of Small...

Global financial services provider, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has extended its Trade Finance proposition enabling UK importers to pay overseas suppliers...

Two new key appointments have been made at one of the UK’s leading independent funder, Henry Howard Finance to help support the independent funder’s...

Personal Contract Hire (PCH) leasing has become big news in car retailing and in doing so is promoting the wider appeal of leasing with its wider benefits, not...

Leading SME funding partner Ultimate Finance has appointed three senior sales professionals to further strengthen support for SMEs in London and the South...

Banking Circle, the global scale financial utility, has launched Banking Circle Receivables Factoring giving Payment Services Providers (PSPs) and FinTechs...

The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (Chartered IIA) has submitted its response to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) consultation on The...

Data released from Dun & Bradstreet reveals that year-on-year, the number of companies liquidated in the three months to June rose to 4,148 from 3,372 of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show consumer finance new business grew in July by 9%, compared with the same month...

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

Laurie Beagle FCICM current Chair of the CICM Executive Board completes his two-year term of office this month. A member of the Chartered Institute of Credit...

Growing evidence that the UK economy may be on a downward spiral is suggested in the latest (Q2 2018) UK’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) which has hit a...

The low rates of losses on loans to UK SMEs means they have proven to be far less risky to investors than high yield corporate bonds, shows a new study by...

UK Finance has published its Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending Update for the second quarter of 2018. Key data highlights: Client numbers reached 40,333,...

Today, Lithuania-based startup Debitum Network launches an innovative global finance platform aimed at tackling the worldwide shortage of funding for small...

Henry Howard Finance Group has announced a new Group Chief Financial Officer to support the independent funder’s continued growth. Mark Tweed, FCA, from...

The Go Wild Bury Private Day Nursery & Creche is now operating under new ownership and management following its acquisition by Pourya Kaveh from Elaine...

Peer-to-peer business lender, Assetz Capital, is bolstering its senior team with the appointment of Chris Macklin as chief risk officer. With over 35 years of...

Commenting on the announcement from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy on corporate governance and corporate insolvency framework...

Launching in Septembe, Debitum Network is a global ecosystem that connects small businesses to international investors and sets new standards for alternative...

The value of new construction contracts in July reached £4.6 billion, a 6.5 per cent increase compared to June and the first month to see growth since March....

The number of small businesses predicting growth for the next three months has hit its lowest level for more than a year – and the amount predicting they...

Today, a productivity shortfall is stifling UK growth, especially for exports, in what are highly benevolent market conditions. “Increasing use of leasing...

A new court judgement will have a major impact on disputes involving companies in liquidation, says leading construction consultancy MPG. The decision in the...

A new court judgement will have a major impact on disputes involving companies in liquidation, says leading construction consultancy MPG. The decision in the...

Shawbrook Bank has provided fast-growing engineering group QML Holdings with a £6.2 million funding line to finance two key acquisitions. The loan allowed...

Fears over Brexit appear to be increasing businesses’ perception of the risks in their supply chain, despite evidence suggesting many have taken steps to...

Corlytics, the world leader in calculating and analysing regulation as a risk, has announced an addition to its executive team with the appointment of Tim...

Figures compiled by the ASTL’s auditors from its bridging lender members for Q2 2018 are slightly down on the exceptional figures for Q4 2017 and Q1 2018,...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Paul Stack as Commercial Director for Europe and Asia. Paul started his new role on 1 August and will oversee...

More than three in five small businesses (63%) are dealing with late payment issues – and the smallest businesses are those most at risk of dealing with...

BSI, the business standards company, has published the revised international standard for auditing management systems, BS EN ISO 19011:2018. The document...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show consumer finance new business grew in June by 9%, compared with the same month...

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

Direct Line for Business has announced the launch of a new end-to-end business insurance solution that enables owners of small and micro sized financial...

New official statistics published today show unemployment in Scotland fell by 0.1% between April and June to 4.2%. The Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

Alternative lenders Fundsquire have hired former GrantTree Managing Director Rowan Gallagher as their new UK Managing Director. Founded in 2016 in Australia...

Nationwide insolvency practitioner, SFP, has completed a sale of the business and assets of Paterson Group, a recruitment business, saving the jobs of all 55...

Nationwide insolvency practitioner, SFP, has completed a sale of the business and assets of CJ Holmes and Sons Limited to CJH Civils Limited preserving the...

Tungsten Network, the global business transaction network, has launched a new purchase order (PO) delivery and acknowledgement service for its 300,000 global...

The formal launch of the new Republic of Ireland Branch of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) will take place at Croke Park on 17th September....

Hot on the heels of exceptional half year results, Henry Howard Finance Group (HHF) has appointed a new head of HR and compliance to help support the...

Hilton-Baird Collection Services’ Director, Victoria Herd, has been appointed to the Executive Board of Trustees at the Chartered Institute of Credit...

Bibby Financial Services has provided an £850k funding facility to FYNE AUDIO, a new entrant into the high-end, loudspeaker audio market. The funding line...

Fiduciam, the bridging and marketplace lender, has completed its largest loan to date enabling a borrower to save their business worth circa £25m....

The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish businesses rose sharply during the first half of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry...

Barclays has today announced that it is partnering with leading fintech business MarketInvoice, Europe’s largest online invoice financing platform, in a deal...

Economic research by top global trade credit insurer Atradius reveals major shifts in the landscape of the global ICT sector, driven by advancing technologies...

Gallagher has continued its strategic investment for growth across the national Trade Credit & Surety Practice, by bolstering its Manchester-based team...

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, today announces the appointment of Neil Kindness as asset based lending...

Manufacturer of organic baby food, Babease, has secured £1 million in funding from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) to fund the growth of the business following...

Reward Finance Group (“Reward Finance”) has received an additional £10m investment from Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”), to help fulfil the growing...

Gallagher has continued its strategic investment for growth across the national Trade Credit & Surety Practice, by bolstering its Manchester-based team...

The Treasury Select Committee has today published the report of its inquiry into household finances. Joanna Elson OBE, chief executive of the Money Advice...

The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) has launched the CICM Knowledge Hub, a new initiative to provide CICM members and subscribers with access...

Leading SME funding partner, Ultimate Finance has announced it has reached a new lending milestone, as it makes available almost £200 million to small and...

Independent lender Henry Howard Finance (HHF) has continued its record portfolio growth during the first half of 2018, reinforcing its position as a leading...

Over half (56%) of UK SMEs believe that government investment is unevenly spread in favour of London, according to the latest SME Confidence Tracker from...

Grafton Merchanting ROI Ltd, Ireland’s largest builders’ merchants and part of Grafton Group PLC, has implemented financial intelligent automation from...

The Lending Standards Board (LSB) and the Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs Business Debtline, have today published a report that explores the impact...

The Scottish Government today announced some changes to their Flexible Workforce Development Fund, including moves that will allow smaller businesses in big...

The number of failures of UK companies has risen 30.0% to 4,827 in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the...

Both Scotland’s employment and unemployment rate rose slightly between March and May 2018, according to new figures published today. Andrew McRae, the...

UK businesses are not increasing their recruitment and investment plans since the start of the year, despite confidence reaching a two-year high since the EU...

Barclays has launched £100,000 unsecured lending – doubling its maximum for unsecured business loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £1.4 million Recruitment Finance funding line to Pearson Anderson, an ambitious healthcare recruitment company....

Independent financial services provider Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has recorded a strong first half of the year, structuring 750 new funding agreements for...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Lauren Maloney as a Business Development Manager (BDM) as it looks to create new business opportunities and...

Henry Howard Finance Group has appointed joint heads of sales support as the independent funder’s growth continues apace. Nicola Evans, who joined the...

Businesses looking to win big when it comes to RFPs and bids today have a new weapon in their arsenal as the CEO and co-founder of one of the UK’s top bid...

The leasing sector needs to become more agile to meet the needs of an increasingly important and ‘entitled’ SME sector. This is the observation from...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has become the first to fully integrate with Kent...

Henry Howard Finance Group has appointed joint heads of sales support as the independent funder’s growth continues apace. Nicola Evans, who joined the...

The performance of the UK manufacturing sector remained relatively subdued in June, especially when compared to the marked pace of growth seen before the turn...

A cycle shop owner is taking his business up a gear after a £227,000 cash injection from specialist lender Together. Jon Dean, who owns CycleStreet in...

The Scottish economy grew by 0.2% during the first quarter of 2018, according to new official statistics. Stuart Mackinnon, FSB’s external affairs manager...

Scottish small business confidence is at its highest since 2015, according to new research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). FSB’s Scottish...

New research from online lender Sunny has found that 29 million* UK adults, (55%) have never had financial support from their family, debunking the idea that...

By Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist and CIO at Saxo Bank “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Aman Gill as Head of Trade Services as it looks to offer additional support to small and medium sized enterprises...

A survey conducted by leading regional law firm Howes Percival has revealed that 30% of businesses surveyed did not have a social media policy –...

Sweden’s SME exporters can now assess the credit worthiness of potential overseas business partners and protect their payments with them online in less than...

Reward Finance Group, the Leeds and Manchester-based alternative finance provider, has posted another record set of year-end figures, as it continues to expand...

The Services sector continues to show signs of improvement in business confidence according to the latest results (Q1 2018) from the UK’s Credit Managers’...

A local firm of accountants is celebrating after one of the youngest members of its growing team was named as a finalist in the 2018 Staffordshire...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let and specialist lender, has today (7th June 2018) announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) covering...

The number of consumer debt judgments issued in the UK during the first quarter of the year rose for the fifth year in a row, according to figures released...

One of the region’s best known SME funders, Noel Haverly, has joined the Leeds office of Reward Finance as business development director. Noel brings an...

Bibby Financial Services Ireland, a leading provider of financial support and funding solutions to Irish SMEs, are delighted to announce that the Strategic...

The team here at CoCredo were delighted to join our MD Dan Hancocks on stage at this year’s Buckinghamshire Business Awards to help him collect his award for...

Three of the east coast’s most famous pubs have returned to family ownership, following the death of popular local businessman Robert Tucker in December...

Regarding the news that the Brexiteers’ favoured technology-based custom system could cost UK businesses £20bn a year, Specialist Finance Director at BFS,...

Almost a quarter of small business owners in the UK (24%) took fewer than five days’ holiday over the last year with 15% taking no leave at all, according to...

British businesses have around £680 billion tied up in working capital, according to new research on more than 5,400 businesses from Lloyds Bank Commercial...

Half of subcontractors working within the UK construction sector are wary of working with main contractors, following the collapse of Carillion, according to a...

The Government’s proposed new guidance for consulting on collective redundancies in insolvency situations is ‘very positive’, says insolvency and...

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided an £8 million asset-based lending facility to Veenak International Limited, one of the UK’s leading wholesalers...

Today CoCredo are launching their new Dual Report, which has been over a year in the making and is a brand-new concept to the credit industry. Prior to their...

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

Alternative Finance provider Just Loans has welcomed yesterday’s commitment from the British Business Bank to provide financial advice to businesses that...

“Leasing needs to develop a more transparent, customer centric approach as digitisation, regulation and changing customer approaches to finance reinvent, or...

Arrow Global Group PLC (the “Company” or the “Group”) , a leading European credit management services provider, focusing on loan purchases and...

Leading accountancy firm Moore Stephens has appointed a new partner to work with education clients, including independent schools and academies across the...

The majority (79%) of British small business and self-employed workers admit to not saving enough for retirement, prioritising present business pursuits....

Henry Howard Finance (HHF), one of the UK’s largest independent finance houses, has been awarded the title of ‘Wales Large Company Management Team of the...

Following the completion of the simplified tender offer opened from April 9 to April 20, 2018, Allianz reached 94.91 percent of the share capital and...

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has called on Sainsbury’s to provide assurances to its supply chain, in response to news of a potential merger with Asda....

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

More than 460 new protectionist measures were enacted throughout global economy in 2017, according to new research from leading trade credit insurer Euler...

Two in five (39%) small business start-ups say they have raided personal savings to keep their business afloat in the past year, according to new research from...

The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), Europe’s largest credit management membership body, has announced the first three candidates to...

New research released today by Creditsafe, the global business intelligence experts, ranks the top 10 most disruptive chief executives, whose innovations are...

The Forum of Private Business has welcomed the commitment from the Chancellor today to eliminate the scourge of late payments and improving productivity, but...

New Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposals which would give more SMEs the opportunity to refer disputes related to financial services firms to the...