Specialist buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has today launched its first green mortgage range. All green products offer a 0.1% or 0.05% reduction against their non-green counterparts, depending on the property’s energy rating. By lowering rates in accordance with property EPC ratings, Landbay hopes to incentivise energy efficient rental properties as an attractive option for landlords. Examples […]
Despite the delay on the lifting of all lockdown restrictions for another month, the UK economy is still set for a breakthrough year, according to the latest CBI Economic Forecast. The easing of many Covid-19 restrictions in line with the UK government roadmap, rapid roll-out of vaccines and the unleashing of pent-up demand means that […]
Leading UK regtech specialist SmartSearch has warned against the dangers of rushing through anti-money laundering checks, in a bid to beat the upcoming stamp duty holiday deadline at the end of June. Thousands of homebuyers are expected to benefit from the temporary lifting of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) for properties worth up to £500,000 […]
Commercial finance specialist, Christie Finance, has supported a pair of established dental operators with the arrangement of funding to allow them to relocate their Oxfordshire practice, Broadshires Dental Practice. After owning Broadshires Dental Practice in Oxfordshire for nearly 20 years, its owners decided to refinance the business and to relocate it to a detached freehold […]
Volt, the leading open payments gateway, today announces that it has raised a $23.5m Series A to fund expansion into new territories and build out its global instant payments footprint. The investment round, the largest Series A on record for the Open Banking industry, was led by EQT Ventures. Existing investors Augmentum Fintech PLC […]
Equity investment in the UK’s smaller businesses increased by 9% in 2020 to £8.8bn, the highest amount since the Beauhurst data series began in 2011, reveals the British Business Bank’s annual Small Business Equity Tracker, published today. The strong momentum continued into Q1 2021, with the total value of equity investment in smaller businesses reaching […]
Average earnings on London building sites showed a 4.5% month-on-month increase in May to £885 a week, according to construction payroll data from Hudson Contract. The firm is the UK’s largest payer of freelance site workers with more than 2,500 companies across England and Wales on its books. Managing director Ian Anfield attributed wage inflation […]
A new platform called Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help borrowers source the best deals to finance property and business investment. Pitch 4 Finance features a panel of nearly 200 lenders that specialise in commercial mortgages, mortgages for residential investment properties, bridging finance, property development and refurbishments, HMO lending and business finance. Anyone looking for […]
Today, the UK tech sector reaches new heights with 100 UK tech companies valued at $1bn or more, according to new data from Dealroom and Tech Nation. The UK’s 100th tech unicorn, Tractable, an AI startup building computer vision tools, and a member of Tech Nation’s late-stage Future Fifty programme, has today announced a $60 […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Earlfield Lodge in Somerset. Earlfield Lodge is a substantial, well-established residential care home comprising 65 bedrooms spread across four interconnecting period properties with purpose-built extensions. Each property provides for different categories of care; Bluebell provides high-end dementia care, Poppies provides residential care, Buttercup […]
