LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has secured a new £500m investment from J.P. Morgan in future mortgage originations. This investment follows the sale of a £125m mortgage portfolio to J.P. Morgan in September 2020. This transaction further expands LendInvest’s capacity to lend in the UK buy-to-let market. Having now lent over £3.5bn, […]
Gatehouse Bank has today reduced rates on its entire buy-to-let (BTL) product range. The reductions apply to all the bank’s BTL products, including Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFB) and its recently relaunched finance options for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO). The changes apply to all types of buyer, including UK residents, UK expats and international residents, […]
Founded by John Leach in 2005, Winning Pitch has a turnover of circa £5m and is a leading advisory and entrepreneurial coaching firm, bringing proven insights and powerful solutions to help businesses across the north of England and Wales to scale and to build value. With over 30 years’ experience, Winning Pitch has supported over […]
Impact Specialist Finance, the specialist mortgage broker and distributor, has received a full bridging mortgage offer from United Trust Bank (UTB) within 24 hours of delivering a fully packaged application using the lenders new Fast-Track facility. The application for the £365k bridging loan was delivered electronically to UTB late on Sunday evening. The clients were […]
NatWest has today announced an additional £1bn in funding to help support female-led businesses in the UK recover from the coronavirus. The aim is to ultimately help female entrepreneurs scale and grow, and builds on the £1bn announced last January, which was the largest intervention by a UK lender focused specifically on female-led businesses. The […]
Commenting on the Scottish Insolvency Statistics, October to December 2020, Tim Cooper, chair of R3 in Scotland, the insolvency and restructuring trade body, says: “2020 was a year like no other in living memory. The pandemic upended many normal ways of living and doing business, and took a terrible toll on our communities. “Against this background, […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has today launched its annual Business Outlook report, ‘Business Outlook 2021: Review. Realign. Recover,’ which reflects on the themes, activity and challenges of 2020 and forecasts what 2021 might bring across the industries in which Christie & Co operates, including the care sector. Despite the unprecedented challenges of […]
moneycorp, the foreign exchange and international payments specialist, has announced a partnership with Achilles, global leaders in supply chain risk and performance management. The partnership will enable Achilles customers to access cost effective expert advice on international payments and currency exchange, which will reduce supply chain currency costs and increase efficiency. Achilles’ worldwide network of buyers […]
The latest research by, Astons, the international experts on real estate, residency and citizenship through investment has revealed the extent to which the current pandemic has hit London’s high-end market where property prices are concerned. Aston’s analysed sold price records across the capital’s 10 most high-profile, prime property postcodes, comparing the average sold price secured […]
The UK has the potential to play a major part in shaping the future of Chinese outbound investment activities, say leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg Winnie Jinyue Cao, a director at the firm, said: “The UK should urgently strengthen its economic ,business and cultural ties with China.” She added: “China, the world’s second […]
