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Hampshire Trust Bank strengthens bridging division with four new hires

Nathan Wilson has been appointed as the senior underwriter while Olivia Colmer-Lynch will serve as senior lending manager.

British Business Bank to roll out new scheme to support smaller UK businesses

Under the Growth Guarantee Scheme, the maximum facility sizes can reach up to £2m per business.

Time Finance appoints new area sales manager for vendor finance team

In his new role, Jamie Robinson will focus on managing and growing the customer base across Yorkshire.

Grenke reports 21.5% YoY growth in new leasing business for Q2 2024

The company’s CM2 rose 19.4% to €130.9m from €109.7m in Q2 last year.

Praetura provides £3.85m funding to MPS to support growth

The funding arrangement includes confidential invoice discounting and finance against MPS’s property assets.

Over half of UK business owners perceive high interest as threat: Study

Charles Stanley’s research shows optimism, with 54% viewing the latest recession as an entrepreneurial opportunity.

New study finds 12% of UK SMEs delaying expansion over finance rejections 

The study shows that 17% SMEs are unable to get business/personal credit cards and 10% facing issues in remortgaging business assets.

Solifi records “substantial” growth in 2023 with 78% rise in SaaS revenue  

The company, which is celebrating 50 years in the secured finance industry, added a total of 14 new enterprise customers last year.

TransUnion launches Trended Affordability data in UK

The new feature will enable users to more accurately predict the future affordability of consumers, leading to responsible lending practices.

SME leaders optimistic about global expansion amid disruption: Kreston Global survey

Particularly in the UK, 78% of respondents anticipate more businesses will venture overseas in the next year.