Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform[1] has today announced it will expand its platform further, introducing Tide Payment Acceptance later in 2021. The product will initially be available in the UK and later rolled out to Tide’s new Indian business. Tide Payment Acceptance will enable Tide members to accept payments from customers online, on […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched its new broker ‘Zoom Room’; A virtual meeting place for mortgage and property finance brokers to stay connected with UTB BDMs and underwriters. The UTB Zoom Room is open from 10am to 4pm on Monday to Friday and a UTB BDM or mandated underwriter will be online to talk […]
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Client Director within the Trade Credit Insurance division of a leading commercial insurance brokerage in the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for the renewals of existing clients as well as networking internally and utilising third party professional introducers to grow the portfolio. Key responsibilities: Provide support […]
Law firm Royds Withy King has advised the shareholders and management team of data centre owner and operator Amito Ltd on its significant minority investment from Harwood Private Equity. From its award-winning Tier 3 facility in Reading, Amito Ltd delivers high quality, colocation services through a network of 20 facilities across the UK. The £38.7m […]
Ignite is a UK-based investor focused on supporting the growth of ambitious and fast-growing companies. The financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed. Headquartered in Gateshead and founded in 1979, NTG is a precision engineering business that manufactures low volume, high value parts for use in Severe Duty Engineering Applications, that sees products operate in […]
A Nottinghamshire-based creative agency, which drew on its international export expertise to keep the nation safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, has successfully delivered more than 28 million items of personal protective equipment after securing a six figure CBILS loan from lending provider Finance For Enterprise. CCM Group, which operates from Huthwaite, began sourcing face masks […]
Antic London, a pub company known to many of London’s pub goers as a rather quirky alternative to the mainstream players, has been supported with a CBILS funding package through ThinCats, leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs. Established by Anthony Thomas in 1999, Antic operates numerous pubs across London, traditionally identifying areas being rejuvenated, […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Inglenook Nursery School in Birmingham. Funding for the sale was sourced through Christie Finance. Inglenook Nursery School is a prominent, reputable day nursery with huge potential for growth under new management. The business sits in a converted residential property with significant playroom space […]
Avid Insurance Ltd (Avid) has acquired specialist construction MGA Incorporated Insurance Group Ltd (IIGL) which takes the GWP of the combined business to c.£75m. Avid’s move for IIGL brings diversification to its specialist insurance product lines. Essex-based IIGL specialises in commercial insurance products to the construction industry, providing cover for SME’s which provide high hazard […]
More than two thirds of small companies are confident of a boost to their business in the summer if lockdown restrictions are relaxed, research by Recognise, UK’s newest SME business bank, reveals. More than three quarters of SMEs in the hospitality sector are confident of a seasonal trading uplift, the most of any sector. The […]
