Vikki Brownridge, currently Director of Operations at StepChange, will become the charity’s new CEO on 1 May 2023, taking over from Phil Andrew who leaves the charity after more than five years in post. Vikki is the first woman to become Chief Executive of the charity and takes up the role after more than 17 […]
In a bid to further enhance its clients service operations and provide greater support to SMEs seeking commercial finance across London and the South East, Reward Finance Group has appointed Tom Annetts as its new relationship manager. Tom has vast financial experience spanning over 15 years, having previously worked for Novuna, Aldermore Bank and Barclays. […]
Business credit decisioning tool Fuse by Pave offers lenders 97% accuracy in affordability tests, clearer insights into consumer affordability, reduced rate of defaulted loans, and improvements to borrower outcomes. In addition to improved accuracy in affordability testing, Fuse by Pave – which uses Open Banking technology – offers lenders personalised insights into cashflow and credit […]
Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today announced the appointment of two new Account Managers. Both Joe Hart and Natasha Ellis start with immediate effect and will be working out of the Broker Conveyancing Head Office in Working, supporting individual advisers and firms to help them develop their conveyancing advice activities. Joe joins Broker […]
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £21.1 million development exit and construction loan facility for a mixed-use development in North London. The client was developing 48 high-quality apartments and two commercial units, as well as providing a new park for the local community. The broker, Adam Stiles of Helix Structured Finance, contacted HTB for […]
The fintech industry will continue to play a crucial role in the UK economy, despite recent challenges such as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, according to industry chiefs. Speaking at the Parliament Street fintech summit last night, which was hosted by Dean Russell MP for Watford and chaired by Steven George-Hilley of […]
Digital SME lender and savings provider, Recognise Bank, has announced ambitious growth plans following a successful £25m cash raise completed earlier this month. Recognise, which was fully licenced at the end of 2021, has raised over £95m investment so far on its journey to provide much needed support to UK SMEs, with the Bank’s largest […]
Bristol-based invoice finance provider Optimum Finance has appointed David Tugwell as an Account Executive to support its lead generation and new business team. David has worked in the client services and banking industries for 18 years, having latterly been a Branch Manager for Barclays. He felt that working to support SMEs was an opportunity not […]
The broker forum, cherry, has joined The Mortgage Marketing Forum as a corporate member, with the ability to access the forum’s membership of industry marketers. Cherry launched in 2005 to provide an online forum where mortgage intermediaries could communicate about industry issues, share ideas and gain access to the latest market developments. The popular forum […]
Millions of British workers are being monitored by managers using cloud based software to ensure they stay productive while working remotely. Cloud based systems have soared in popularity since the pandemic with thousands of UK companies now keeping tabs on their workforces using the logging information provided by these software solutions. Suppliers such as TelephoneSystems.Cloud […]
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