GC Business Growth Hub and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have partnered with THG Ingenuity, the Technology Services division of Manchester-based THG to launch Greater Manchester Digital Drive – a new initiative which provides businesses with fully funded access to “off the shelf” tools that will help them get online or improve their existing […]
Limchester Properties are set to invest in a new buy-to-let property in the Bristol area thanks to the re-mortgaging of an existing property portfolio. Clive Mcnamara, director at Limchester Properties, reached out to loan broker, Just Contact, to identify a viable lending solution that would allow him to raise the £750,000 capital needed to invest […]
1pm plc, the AIM listed independent specialist finance provider, is pleased to announce that it has received accreditation from British Business Bank to expand its lending under the UK government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (“CBILS”) to support credit worthy UK businesses. As announced on 5 May 2020, British Business Bank approved 1pm Finance (UK) […]
Allica Bank has seen a surge in demand for new business lending since the national lockdown ended, and has just reached the joint milestone of issuing over £250m of approvals in principle in 2020, and over £100m in committed loan offers since June to established SMEs across the UK. Allica, the UK’s newest full-service SME […]
To coincide with National Mentoring Day on 27 October, NatWest and Be the Business have today launched a free mentoring programme for female entrepreneurs to provide greater access to sponsors and mentors, in response to findings that show female business owners are at a disadvantage due to a lack of relatable role models and mentors. […]
Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has found the number of new UK tech start-ups has risen by almost 16% this quarter. A total of 10,435 software development and games businesses have been incorporated so far this year, according to data held by Companies House. In quarter three 2020 there were 3,641 tech start-ups incorporated, […]
Online business bank, Tide, analysed over 1,000 UK university alumni on Technation.io who went on to found a tech startup to discover which alumni are the quickest at launching and funding their tech companies after graduating. Key findings: Most tech entrepreneurs raised their first £1m 2 to 4 years after launching a company. Alumni from […]
Rents increased in many rural areas and fell sharply in some cities over the summer as more UK tenants looked to relocate from town to countryside, according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS). The DPS said the data from its quarterly Rent Index show increased demand for rural and larger properties and lower demand […]
Today sees the launch of SenseCheck, an online platform developed for B2B SMEs to support each other by giving and receiving anonymised, honest feedback on their marketing plans and campaigns. Entrepreneurs have little of the resource that is available to big corporates to test out their marketing strategies nor are they likely to have in-house […]
Independent finance provider, Reward Finance Group, has appointed David Baddiel as business development manager, in its Manchester office, to meet demand for funding from SMEs. David, who has a degree in banking and finance, joins from specialist lender, Together, where he provided finance to businesses and individuals against all property types. Prior to that he […]
