Crimple Garden Centre, in Harrogate, has invested £4m to create a 20,000 square foot food hall, incorporating a 160-seat restaurant, leading to the creation of 60 jobs, with the help of Reward Finance Group. Owned by Graham Watson since 2013, the garden centre has built an excellent reputation for its collection of high-quality plants, shrubs, […]
Aspen Bridging has completed five drawdowns on five different products in just one day, all with a combined total value of £3.4m. The feat, which was achieved on Friday 14 January, includes a £1.575m Marshall Island-based corporate newbuild apartment purchase, a £889k foreign national newbuild apartment purchase, £347k and £315k Light Development projects and a […]
Howes Percival have advised the management team of Pedal Revolution on a management buyout from the company’s owners. With stores in Norwich and Gorleston, Pedal Revolution is one of East Anglia’s most prominent independent bicycle retailers. The company also provides bike fit services, and workshop and repair services. Led by Partner, Oliver Pritchard (supported by […]
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent asset-based lender, has increased its support to British businesses with £140m of new lending in the year to December 21, growing client volume by 88%, now supporting more than £2bn of annualised UK business revenue. During what has been a turbulent period for many businesses, IGF has increased […]
After a record year of growth, award-winning property data and estate agent prospecting platform, Homesearch, has today completed a £5m Series A funding round with Octopus Ventures, the venture capitalist firm that originally backed Zoopla. Homesearch, which enables estate agents to generate new leads and win more instructions, will use the major investment to fund […]
ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, has provided a £13.5m funding package to support the original founders to buy-back the shares of Alfred Cheyne Engineering Limited (ACE Winches). ACE Winches was founded in 1992 by Alfred Cheyne in Aberdeenshire as an engineering business supporting the fishing industry with basic winches and other back […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has completed on the sale of what was formerly The Old Hall care home in Send, Surrey, to Barchester Healthcare. The Old Hall care home was previously owned by The Geoghegan Group, which purchased it as a trading care home registered for 39 service users through Christie & […]
Suros Capital, the luxury asset lender, has completed a short term loan of £100,000 for a US based wine collector, who has taken advantage of his current wine collection by using part of it as security to borrow funds to invest in more fine wine. It is estimated that wine has increased in value by […]
Regency Factors Ltd one of the UK’s leading invoice finance and factoring companies is pleased to announce that over £90m was paid out to UK SME’s in 2021 with our bespoke invoice finance solutions. Ensuring that our clients were supporting throughout 2021 by releasing the cash tied up in their unpaid invoices. “Through the relationship […]
Allica Bank has delivered its first commercial mortgage within its recently launched healthcare division, enabling the purchase of a 21-room, Shropshire-based care home. Hartlands Rest Home, a residential and dementia care home based in Oswestry, has been providing elderly care to the local community for over 35 years. The home has performed […]
