gunnercooke is first fee share firm to open offices in Scotland Leading challenger law firm gunnercooke has announced its launch in Scotland, with new offices opening in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and with Simon Etchells as its first appointment at its new Scottish practice, gunnercooke SCO LLP. The launch comes with a huge recruitment drive for […]
The 2021 list of Queen’s Awards for Enterprise winners was published yesterday (29 April), showing a diverse group of exporting businesses triumphing in the International Trade category. This category, the competition’s largest with 122 out of 205 winners this year, is supported by the Institute of Export & International Trade, with director general Marco Forgione acting […]
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is this month celebrating the 25th anniversary of the launch of its first Venture Capital Trust (VCT). After listing British Smaller Companies VCT in April 1996 at a value of £4m, the PE firm went on to later launch British Smaller Companies VCT2, with the two trusts today worth £185m and […]
The Board of Banking Competition Remedies Ltd (BCR) has published progress updates for Pool E recipients, providing a summary of performance against their public commitments to the period 28th February 2021. The public commitment updates this reporting period indicate that most of those awarded are now making significant progress in their deliverables. A small number […]
Leading broker firm Just Mortgages has recorded incredible annual growth in 2020, with lending figures increasing by 59% to £3.5bn and profits up by 20%. Despite an enforced break due to the pandemic, the combined turnover of the self-employed and employed broker divisions increased by 52% to £41m, up from £27m in 2019. Just Mortgages […]
Another senior appointment has been made by a Challenger Bank, as it secures a new director of operations with nearly 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector. Over the course of his career, Sebastian Mrotzek has worked in multiple roles across commercial Banks, start-ups and regulators, and he has now joined the Redwood Bank team. Prior to […]
The latest Lloyds Bank Business Barometer shows: Overall business confidence increased by fourteen percentage points to 29%, above the long-term average (28%) for the first time since September 2018 and at a two-and-a-half year high. Confidence increased across eleven of the UK’s twelve regions and nations and remained steady in Wales; sentiment is the highest […]
Go Travelling Ltd, trading as On The Go Tours, global escorted group tour operator, has been supported with a £4.25m refinance package by leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats. Established in 1999, On The Go Tours is an award-winning provider of global tours and tailor-made holidays, specialising in English speaking experience and adventure […]
FCI Academy announces the opening of the certificate programmes and the specialized online courses to all industry stakeholder. FCI Academy, the most complete education programme on Factoring & Receivables Finance, is providing a wide range of globally recognised and accredited educational offerings that aim to support personal, corporate and market development globally. Until now, most […]
Despite the government spending hundreds of billions of pounds to guide the UK through the coronavirus pandemic, over a quarter (27%) of SMEs admit they require additional government support in order to stay afloat. The survey, which was commissioned by Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance, spoke to more than 1,000 senior business decision makers at SMEs […]
