Manchester-based student accommodation marketplace Housemates has secured £100,000 of pre-seed funding from GC Angels to support with plans to expand its platform across the UK and internationally. Founded by entrepreneur Lydia Jones in 2019, Housemates is a mobile platform that automates the process of onboarding students into accommodation. The end to end marketplace removes the […]
A West Midlands physiotherapist is hosting online consultations and Pilates sessions to help its patients stay in good health during lockdown, after being saved from closure by support from Lloyds Bank. While Physio & Health Matters, which has four branches in the region, is still able to offer a limited number of face-to-face consultations for […]
A Berkshire based medical supplies company has helped the NHS extend its critical care capabilities across the UK during the coronavirus crisis, producing and delivering items such as resuscitation carts and infusion stands to England’s hospitals, including the new 4,000 bed Nightingale Hospital in London. Freeway Medical has experienced an unprecedented demand from the health […]
A recycling business that helps charity shops make the most of their donations has been able to safeguard jobs while UK high streets are in lockdown, with support from Lloyds Bank. West London’s Choice Textile both recycles and sells charity shops’ unsold stock, helping some of the UK’s biggest third sector organisations raise money for […]
An accountancy firm in Barnstaple has been able to maintain its day-to-day operations during the coronavirus outbreak and is continuing to support its clients after securing a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from Lloyds Bank. LCA Services, which is based just off the High Street in Barnstaple town centre and was established more than thirty […]
Alternative SME credit specialist Caple has helped Direct Valeting Ltd, one of the UK’s leading professional automotive valeting firms, to access a multimillion-pound eight-year unsecured loan. Caple offers access to unsecured lending of up to £5m. Newcastle-based Direct Valeting was founded in 1998 and is one of the largest professional valeting providers to motor dealerships […]
Leumi UK, the London-based subsidiary of Israel’s leading international bank, has closed a deal with 4C Hotel Group to finance the development of 4 Canopy by Hilton hotel in Aldgate, London. Located on the city fringe, the 342-bedroom lifestyle hotel features interiors inspired by its East End surrounding and is set to open its doors […]
Hotel and restaurant proprietors, Laurence and Helen Beere, who own and manage The Queensberry Hotel and Olive Tree Restaurant in Bath, have completed a £450,000 loan by accessing the scheme through Barclays. The boutique hotel and Michelin Star restaurant which employs 45 people has had to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Barclays loan […]
A Cardiff-based business can continue designing and building sets for West End productions post-lockdown with the support of Lloyds Bank. Bay Productions, which works with renowned opera and theatre producers including Cameron Mackintosh and the English National Opera, has secured a six-figure funding package via the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The funding will […]
British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new £15m commitment to Par Equity as the latest partner in its Regional Angels Programme. The funds from British Business Investments will be invested by Par Equity alongside the Par EIS Fund and the Par Investor Network to deliver over £75m […]
