According to the latest quarterly job market report from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, job numbers in the finance industry plummeted by 74.2% in Q2 2020, compared to the previous quarter; and by a further 73.6% year-on-year; as businesses struggled to operate during the global pandemic. The job board analysed millions of data […]
Britons under lockdown have experienced a significant spike in impersonation scams, with June seeing a surge in the monthly figures for scams involving con artists pretending to be police or bank staff. New data provided by Barclays reveals the figures for impersonation scams in June to be nearly double that of the previous month. Additionally, […]
Intelligent Environmental Services (iES), a leading North West environmental consultant, has secured a £500k invoice finance facility from Advantedge as it looks to build on its recent merger with Winsulate. Based in Bolton, iES provides expert hazardous material consultancy to a broad range of commercial clients, specialising in asbestos, contaminated land and wider environmental contaminants […]
Little House Day Nursery was established in 1998 and has since grown into a business reputed for its high-quality childcare. This children’s day nursery boasts well presented, light and airy rooms spread across two floors of an attractive large church building. Each room is arranged by age and has been equipped to an impressive standard […]
A new online Self-screening Bot has been launched to help businesses manage visitors’ and customers’ safety more easily, before any face-to-face activity takes place. Launched by leading outsourced communication provider Moneypenny, the new tool is available to companies across a range of sectors including hair and beauty, leisure and hospitality. The bot has three core […]
Metro Bank today announces that it has enabled Direct Debit origination for its business customers via its partnership with Bottomline Technologies. The bank’s announcement comes after it revealed in February that it had become a direct participant of Bacs, the Pay.UK-operated payment system. Metro Bank business customers will be able to create, automatically collect and […]
New research from Santander UK reveals that a third (32%) of the UK’s SMEs who implemented changes plan to make their Covid-19 adaptations a permanent feature post-pandemic as almost half found they not only survived, but actually grew their customer base during Covid-19. The study – which polled 2,050 senior leaders in UK SMEs – […]
Anthony Carty, group financial planning & business development director, explores the variety of ways accumulated pension funds can form a vital part of any property strategy. With over 30 years’ specialising in self-investment strategies, Clifton are uniquely placed to advise on, and deliver pension related property solutions. In this presentation he explores the following: Commercial […]
‘Product-less’ lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has radically streamlined its application process for brokers and borrowers alike — in some cases cutting the length of loan applications in half. It takes borrowers just five minutes to apply for a loan through Octane’s powerful new mobile app, which takes them through electronic ID verification, KYC […]
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (ABL) has supported window and door manufacturer, GJB Group with a £1.2m Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS). This is in addition to the £5m all-asset funding transaction that was completed for the Group in November 2019. Arbuthnot Commercial ABL was able to deliver the CBILS loan in just three days […]
