The UK Adviser, a Manchester-based digital franchise network providing a one-stop fintech platform for mortgage and finance advisers, has secured £300,000, including a co-investment from GC Angels, the North West’s most active early-stage investor. Founded in 2018, The UK Adviser’s ‘business in a box’ style framework allows individuals to set up and run their own […]
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £4m invoice discounting facility to investment group Modular Group Investments to support the acquisition of Euramax Solutions Ltd, one of the UK’s leading window and door manufacturers. Servicing both commercial and residential businesses in the UK and Ireland, Euramax specialises in PVCu windows and covers developments of all […]
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has issued a new range of special edition Buy-to-Let products in a latest round of updates to its BTL suite. LendInvest has reduced rates across its five year fixed rate BTL range, with its 65% LTV product now available at 3.29% with a maximum loan of £1.5m. […]
Castle Trust Bank has been added to the lender panels of PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network. Members of PMS and Sesame now have full access to Castle Trust Bank’s buy-to-let mortgages, bridging and development finance, which are available to UK residents, ex-pats, foreign nationals, SPVs and trading companies. Castle Trust Bank offers loans for […]
Hambros Secured Lending has relaunched as Impact Lending, a new business arm in the Impact Capital Group that will provide financing solutions to external developers, including a unique product range dedicated to sustainable construction. Impact Lending will offer a new and unique product range that focuses on sustainable construction. The new and exclusive Sustainable Construction […]
Times Higher Education (THE), the trusted global data partner for higher education, has been supported with £5m funding from ThinCats, leading alternative finance provider for mid-sized SMEs. The funding will bolster working capital and facilitated the acquisition of The Knowledge Partnership, an independent strategy, marketing and communications consultancy offering universities a range of insights into […]
MCI Mortgage Club continues at pace to expand its panel with the addition of specialist lender Roma Finance. The latest lender to join the panel gives MCI members more choice in helping customers who require short and medium-term lending. Roma Finance offers first and second charge loans on bridging, development finance, buy-to-let, holiday let and […]
Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC (‘Arbuthnot’ or ‘the Group’) today issues a pre-close trading update ahead of its final results announcement for the year ended 31 December 2020, which is scheduled for 25 March 2021. In the fourth quarter, the Group began to see an increase in loan enquiries in its respective lending markets, as business […]
Rotherham based Planet X is a specialist bike retailer that operates solely online. Its bikes are designed by its in-house team and retail at up to 50% less than equivalent high street prices. In 2020, Planet X’s 50 employees acquired the business from its founders and set up an Employee Owned Trust. The business has […]
With capital allowances on business cars changing, CBVC Vehicle Management has crunched the numbers and found that now is the time for business fleets to save money by leasing and take advantage of significant whole life costs savings. For executives choosing a Tesla Model 3, the leasing route could result in a business saving in […]
