‘Product-less’ lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has passed £250m of redemptions since launching in 2017, with £125m in 2019 alone. A significant 40% of the redemptions since launch have been by way of sale, with 90% of the loans with a sale as their intended exit managing to achieve it, the rest refinancing. The […]
Morgan McKinley’s Autumn London Employment Monitor offers a snapshot of hiring trends from July through September 2019. After a rollercoaster first half of the year that saw jobs spike, nosedive, level off, and threaten to head back down again, the third quarter (Q3) followed a similar trajectory: job numbers were up by 20% month-on-month in […]
UK Finance has today announced the appointments of Susan Allen, head of retail and business banking, Santander UK, and Charlotte Hogg, CEO, Visa Europe, to its Board. Susan Allen is responsible for the bank’s retail and business banking operations spanning 15 million customers and a nationwide network of branches and customer contact centres. She was […]
London takes the spotlight again this month as risk aversion on the part of vendors leads to a massive drop in supply, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index for October. Moreover, the capital is not alone; sudden supply drops are apparent in many regions and, nationally, supply is down 17% year-on-year as approximately one in […]
One of the region’s fastest growing automotive parts companies has expanded into new premises, following a £2.4m investment by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street, who chairs the WMCA, was given a tour of the new Park Sheet Metal base at Bermuda Business Park in Coventry to see […]
Research from Enterprise Performance Partner, CSI, has today found that 86% of finance companies say that a lack of ability to migrate legacy apps to the cloud is impacting their business negatively, despite 85% viewing digital transformation as a key priority. The inability to migrate legacy apps is resulting in backups and patches taking too […]
Cambridge based Legalesign is delighted to announce its position as the UK’s top provider of electronic signature, according to figures published by G2, a leading market comparison website. It is also listed as Europe’s second lead provider. Latest customer satisfaction ratings from the electronic signature sector show that Legalesign scored a terrific 92%, beating off […]
Lenders battling for the custom of Brexit-wary SMEs are offering some amazingly competitive deals, a leading financial broker has said. Karina Gallagher says there has been a huge shift in the landscape in recent weeks, with lenders aggressively pricing funding to win business. It comes against the backdrop of many businesses holding back on accessing […]
The results of a new Diversity survey have revealed that for men and women working in financial services, there are clear opportunities for progression, according to 70% of respondents. But for ethnic minorities, only half agreed that they had a good access to progression in the industry, with over 40% identifying unconscious bias as the […]
Starting a small business means making the right decisions. But with all the operational aspects you need to handle in keeping the enterprise profitable, you often end up opting for the wrong choices, especially in an uncertain global business ecosystem. Decision-making creates significant opportunities for businesses that are just starting out. But given that many […]
