Key Findings Small firms see first rise in business activity since last September – with strongest growth recorded since November 2016 Recovery led by fastest construction growth for nearly 20 years Small firms in London and its surrounding regions lead the revival in small business optimism However, cost pressures for small businesses hit ten-year high […]
Pulse Cashflow Finance are delighted to announce that they have aligned forces with Calverton Finance and Calverton Business Support to offer UK businesses a strengthened funding offer. The move follows the recent acquisition of Calverton Finance by Cubitt Holdings and their decision to align Pulse Cashflow, Calverton Finance and Calverton Business Support together. As part […]
EQ Credit Services, part of EQ (Equiniti Group plc), will provide its market-leading technology to the Development Bank of Wales to support Welsh businesses with their commercial funding needs post-pandemic. The Development Bank of Wales has seen a 72% increase in loan customers as a result of the Covid-19 Wales Business Loan Scheme. EQ Credit […]
During Q1 just under 15,000 acres of farmland were publicly marketed across Great Britain, continuing a five year run of low supply in Q1 according to analysis by Savills rural research. Alex Lawson Savills head of farm and estate sales comments, “There was very little stock carried over from last year, which has meant that […]
A housing association that provided vital support to east London’s Bangladeshi community during the Covid-19 pandemic is to add 13 new properties to its portfolio, following a £1.4m loan from Unity Trust Bank. Bangla Housing Association owns 95 of the 286 affordable homes it manages and aims to purchase as many as possible to help […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Pool Pharmacy in Pool-in-Wharfedale, West Yorkshire. Pool Pharmacy, which dispenses an average of 2,640 items per month, lies unopposed in the village of Pool-in-Wharfedale, less than 10 miles from Leeds and Harrogate. For the last 10 years, the business has been owned and […]
Ingenious is today delighted to announce that Ingenious Real Estate Finance LLP has completed two new loans totalling £12.8m to fund new residential development projects in North Devon and the Cotswolds. Ingenious is providing funding for the development of 22 apartments to a joint venture between Indigo Capital Solutions and Blakesley Estates in the seaside […]
Ecocleen Services Limited (Ecocleen), tailored commercial cleaning solutions provider, has been supported with £3.5m for both acquisition funding and refinancing for some existing facilities by ThinCats, leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs. Established in 1993 and based in Oxfordshire, Ecocleen is a leading national commercial contract cleaning provider that is passionate about service excellence, […]
Following the publication of its Springboard to Recovery report, NatWest has today relaunched its Enterprise programme to boost its support for scale-up businesses, as well as climate, fintech, and B-Corp focussed businesses. The free programme is open to applications from all UK SMEs from today, for businesses who will join the programme in June. Throughout […]
Duncan Swift restructuring and insolvency partners at Azets, comments on the March 2021 corporate insolvency statistics for England and Wales. “We now have a full-year picture of the effects of the pandemic; and accompanying government support measures, on corporate insolvency volumes. “Throughout the year, the number of corporate insolvencies has typically been 30%-40% below the […]
