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Broker forum cherryplc.co.uk has revealed which lenders are felt by brokers to have performed best throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as highlighting ...
Castle Trust Bank is extending the 0.25% rate reduction on its term products until the end of the year. Responding to huge demand from brokers, the bank will ...
UK shoppers are increasingly choosing to shop online at their local high street businesses over major national retailers, according to data published today by ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) is teaming up with specialist AI solutions provider Optalitix to sponsor and host a series of webinars called The Innovation Pipeline ...
The institutionally funded lender, which previously distributed through a limited network of key relationships for over ten years, will now open its ...
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “Thousands of retailers are welcoming back customers to stores across England. The ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Underack Ltd which comprises Westbury Chemist and Baba Chemist in South ...
Online retail sales growth on Black Friday was very strong this year, coming in at +38%, with the full Black Friday week (defined as an eight-day period, Mon ...
Pluto Finance has completed a £34m Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) development loan for the Bricks Group, to complete their development in Swansea, ...
Leading sock and hosiery retailer SOCKSHOP are excited to announce the opening of a new store at Trinity Leeds. The new opening signals the retail expansion ...
United Trust Bank has been named ‘Development Lender of the Year’ at the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) Awards 2020. This year’s ...
Logicor has let Sherburn 667, its 666,898 sq ft Leeds distribution unit to Clipper Logistics, in the largest letting of an existing UK warehouse in 2020. The ...
Business advisory firm Quantuma has been appointed by Leon Restaurants Limited (Leon) to launch a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA). The naturally fast food ...
Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and lender Together have completed a developer’s purchase and re-development of a £700,000 commercial site in Birmingham in ...
Hope Capital has announced it will be treating brokers and borrowers early this Christmas, by extending the availability of the revamped Seventies Collection ...
The news that the government is clearing the way for stores to be open 24 hours a day in December and January will do little to lure shoppers back to the High ...
One of the UK’s leading specialist lenders has announced a rebrand following a significant injection of capital investment as the business surpasses the £132m ...
As the doors of Britain’s non-essential retailers reopen tomorrow, business owners are set for a £3.5bn boost in the build up to Christmas as two( ...
First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Erica Pearce as head of intermediary relations to further extend its intermediary reach. Erica will oversee F4B’s ...
Bridging applications hit their highest ever level in Q3 2020, and completions rose by more than 40% as the market bounced back from the impact of the first ...
Pepper Money has made numerous enhancements to its Residential products, with rate reductions across the range, new criteria categories and improved LTVs. The ...
Currently, 95% of vehicle buyers use digital platforms as their source of information before making a purchase and yet, many brokers have ineffective, run-of ...
Over the last month Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender to SMEs and entrepreneurs, has completed over £22m of loans to housebuilders under ...
Pepper Money has completed a purchase mortgage for first-time buyers with missed credit payments in just 16 days from the initial application. The customers, ...
Work is under way on a bespoke new housing development by Hull-based Hammond Homes in the North Lincolnshire village of Barnetby le Wold after a £750,000 deal ...
Glasgow-based specialist residential childcare group, Inspire Scotland Ltd, have been supported with £4.5m in refinance and growth funding by leading ...
Retailers like the Arcadia group are failing because they are not in touch with their target markets, say leading tax and advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg ...
Latest analysis of mortgage activity from the MCI Club has shown a significant drop in completions, with only 22% of purchases completing in July, August, and ...
Merchants and online retailers could face an onslaught in bot attacks this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with potentially 1 in every 40 online transactions ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has taken home the award for ‘BTL Lender of the Year’ at broker led 2020 NACFB awards for the ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has brought to market a closed day nursery in the village of Pen-y-fai in Bridgend, Wales. Formally ...
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production decreased by -25.6% in October, with 6,761 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the Society of ...
RSM has warned of a potential wave of cybercrime over the coming days on a scale not seen before. The leading audit, tax and consulting firm predicts ...
Those buying mixed-use buildings and those that have bought such buildings in the last four years, may be due a tax windfall, say leading tax and advisory ...
Just Mortgages is holding an Academy in January to bring new blood into the mortgage industry. The broker firm has already received over 750 applicants for ...
The Construction Leadership Council has set up a group that will focus on the fallout of Brexit on the construction industry. The establishment of the working ...
Alternative Bridging Corporation has completed a refurbishment bridging loan within four days of receiving the initial application. The £250,000 loan was ...
International real estate experts on residency and citizenship through investment, Astons, has revealed the growing trend of bulk buying amongst foreign ...
With an unprecedented Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend on the horizon (27th – 30th November), eCommerce hosting and consultancy expert, Sonassi, advises ...
Envivo Group, one of the leading specialist healthcare groups in the UK, has added the management of 72 specialist adult healthcare properties into its ...
Pepper Money has enhanced its service proposition with the introduction of case owners to provide brokers with a dedicated resource and single point of ...
Britain’s large manufacturers are struggling to boost their productivity despite improving the measure being seen as key to the UK’s economic recovery from ...
Developer Southern Grove has secured planning permission to create a series of highly desirable mews houses in a popular residential area of north London. The ...
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) Specialist Mortgages has launched a 3.25% 5 year fixed-rate product for buy-to-let loans over £1m up to 60% LTV. The new product ...
Aspen Bridging has announced a special Christmas rate reduction, offering 0.54% on all deals completed between today (November 24) and December 24. The offer ...
Terrafirma, the leading experts in ground risk assessment, today launches the National Ground Risk Model (NGRM): Climate™. This provides lenders with an ...
In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement that all retail will be able to open when national restrictions end on 2 December, Helen Dickinson OBE, chief ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to expand its Development Finance Division with the appointment of a new senior manager supporting housebuilders and ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has made a series of changes to its buy-to-let suite, including a range of rate reductions and ...
The government-backed Start Up Loans scheme has partnered with world-renowned distance-learning provider The Open University to give its customers – and other ...
Aldermore’s new Buy-to-Let City Tracker reveals Manchester ranks as the best city in the UK for buy-to-let investment, performing well across four out of five ...
Aspen Bridging has completed a 10-day, 75% LTV, £750,000 loan for a Nigerian-based investor who needed to quickly refinance an existing buy-to-let mortgage ...
Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has launched its new Finance Hub to deliver bespoke, automated finance recommendations to landlords based on their ...
This week the prime minister outlined the government’s new 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, which included bringing forward the end of sale ...
October’s retail sales estimates, released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reveal sales volumes soared by 5.8% year-on-year, up 1.2% from ...
Specialist commercial finance broker, Christie Finance, has helped secure funding for renowned childcare operator of My Sunshine Day Nursery to purchase a ...
The total value of construction contract awards in October 2020 was £4.9 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 9.4% on ...
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, which showed an 8.4% increase in overall sales (retail sales excluding fuel: J3L2), Helen Dickinson, ...
AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) is calling on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to consider taking on accounting apprentices to help them ...
AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) is calling on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to consider taking on accounting apprentices to help them ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of the former Blacklake Lodge Residential Home site just outside Mier Heath in ...
Rotala Plc, the bus, coach and transport firm operating in Birmingham and Manchester, has purchased a new suite of state-of-art buses as it looks to enhance ...
JR Gilbert Engineering, the precision engineering company based in South Wales, has secured a £650,000 invoice finance facility from Santander UK to support ...
Specialist lender Together rescued a £3m deal by providing a short-term loan in just four hours for an investor to buy an exclusive waterside property. Mathew ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has funded the purchase of a HMO property in four days for an experienced landlord in West London. ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Meadow House, a vacant care home in Gorseinon, Swansea, to leading ...
Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender to SMEs and entrepreneurs, has just completed a £1.18m loan to finance a popular hotel in Cornwall. ...
Asset finance company, Dawsongroup Finance, is helping logistics and material handling companies prepare for what is expected to be an unprecedented peak in ...
A continued demand from consumers for non-essential retail items increased prices in October but any prospect of growth will be short-lived if businesses are ...
UK based Fintech Quotevine today announces an exciting new partnership with leading independent vehicle leasing, outsourcing and fleet management provider, ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Steps Residential Care in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, to Accrington-based ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has today launched two new ‘large loan’ buy-to-let products with loan sizes of up to £2m. Previously the ...
Pubs lobby organisation the Forum of British Pubs has announced the formation of its new Member Trustee Board, drawing on extensive experience across the full ...
Alphagreen – Europe’s leading marketplace for CBD and alternative healthcare products – has secured £1.1m of seed funding to help finance the roll out of new ...
Whilst some lenders have shut up shop during the coronavirus crisis, the Pluto Finance team have been hard at work – completing £97m of bridging and ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Milton Regis Dental Clinic in Sittingbourne, Kent, to regional dental, ...
Proptech Goodlord has partnered with challenger credit reference agency and Open Banking provider, Credit Kudos, to improve the rental process for agents, ...
Major work to lay the ground for building 6,500 new homes and 1.2 sq ft of commercial development in York city centre is to start early next year. Councillors ...
In a clear sign that Christmas and Black Friday shopping has been pulled forward, retailers recorded a huge uplift in online sales for week commencing 1 ...
Landbay, a leading buy-to-let lending platform, has closed an additional funding deal with a leading asset manager. The asset manager aims to fund in excess ...
The UK’s new heavy goods vehicle (HGV) market declined slightly in the third quarter of 2020, down -1.6% with 8,419 units registered, according to figures ...
Development of a second office building at Friargate in Coventry is set to take a major step forward this week with contractors beginning work on site. ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has joined the network panel of Commercial Finance Brokers UK (CFBUK). CFBUK is a whole of market ...
Following funding support provided over the summer by leading alternative lender to mid-sized businesses, ThinCats, Devonshire Care Ltd returned to seek ...
First 4 Bridging (F4B) has launched a free 24-hour case checker initiative. This is aimed at providing an option for brokers who may not be specialists in ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has completed on the sale of two Dumlers Pharmacy branded pharmacies, one based in South West London ...
Savills welcomes the news that the landmark Agriculture Act has received Royal Assent. This ‘beast of a Bill’ has had no ordinary passage through Parliament – ...
Renters are quitting London, latest figures reveal, and heading for the regions, Wales and Scotland in search of more space and bigger homes and gardens in ...
An international study of over 1,000 senior professionals in the banking, lending, PFM, investment, and retail sectors by leading open banking provider Yolt ...
Online product discovery platform, Product Guru, has secured funds of £330,000 to disrupt the traditional retail buying process by re-inventing how products ...
The National Landlord Index published by Accommodation.co.uk, shows the true extent of the Covid pandemic on landlords across the UK with over a third of ...
Linell Homes Limited (LHL) is resuming the construction of 10 residential dwellings close to Wakefield City Centre thanks to a c.£2.1m facility from Assetz ...
Just as the growth rate began to normalise throughout September and the beginning of October, online retail sales have spiked once more. As rumours of a ...
Specialist finance broker, Christie Finance, has obtained finance for the leasehold purchase of Wedeglen Limited, trading as Honeycomb Pharmacy, in Chertsey, ...
The UK’s used car market increased by 4.4% in Q3 after two consecutive quarters of decline, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of ...
Leumi UK, the London-based subsidiary of Israel’s leading international bank, recently closed a development loan to Manex Properties Ltd to finance the ...
Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and MT Finance have completed a three week, £1.4m bridging finance deal for a foreign national to pay off a highly geared ...
In the midst of a second national lockdown, it is imperative retailers make every effort to ensure their IT systems are water-tight against the threat of- ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, will now offer desktop valuations for its short-term loan products where physical valuations are ...
We Care Group, has received a £3.3m refinancing package from leading alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats. We Care Group acquired their first care ...
Covering the four weeks 4-31 October 2020 On a total basis, sales increased by 4.9% in October, against a decline of 0.3% in October 2019*, It is in line with ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has brought to market a vacant day nursery, formerly operating as a Fisherfield Childcare business, ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of a well-established dental practice in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, to ...
Construction companies who have teams of self-employed workers from the EU are in danger of losing these workers from the end of June 2021, say leading tax ...
Galliford Try Construction took this month’s top spot in the contractor league tables after being appointed the contractor for eight major projects totalling ...
Highest October on record for UK LCV market, as registrations increase by 13.3%, with 28,753 units registere Growth in demand driven by heavier end of the van ...
Online sales set for growth of +35-45% during the Black Friday peak Some retailers have switched on their campaigns earlier this year Shoppers are encouraged ...
Manufacturers in Greater Manchester are being invited to start 2021 with a fully-funded programme aimed at enhancing manufacturing excellence and enabling ...
Getting your supply chain right is vital to your business. You need to be able to get your stock in an expedient fashion and get it back out to your customers ...
The market-leading manufacturer and stockholder of high-performance grade bolting sought a strong finance partner with the ability to provide the level of ...
The UK new car market declined again in October, with registrations falling by -1.6% year on year, according to the latest figures published today by the ...
Castle Trust Bank has reduced all rates on its term products by 0.25% for the rest of the month of November. The limited period offer applies to all DIPs on ...
Acting on behalf of Administrators, Quantuma LLP, specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Caerleon House Nursing ...
Metro Bank today announces changes to its criteria for buy-to-let lending, designed to make the bank a more specialist lender to support its growing number of ...
The presence of electric cars in the automotive industry has been growing substantially over the last few years. Because of the rise in demand for electric ...
Thousands of non-essential stores have shuttered once again but couriers and retailers are continuing to deliver to the front door. ParcelHero says stores are ...
Pepper Money has cut rates on a number of its buy-to-let mortgage products as part of its ongoing commitment to developing and improving its proposition. With ...
London Central Portfolio (LCP) is experiencing an influx of international buyers, willing to blind purchase properties in prime London to acquire at bottom of ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ ...
Covering the four weeks 04 – 31 October 2020 According to BRC-ShopperTrak data: Year on year UK footfall decreased by 33.5% in October, with a 3.4 percentage ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has completed on the sale of Worcester Lodge, an established care home situated in Clevedon, North ...
The Forum of British Pubs (FBP), the membership organisation dedicated to representing the interests of both tied and free of tied pubs in the UK, has ...
Independent pub chain, Urban Village Pub Company, has received £1.2m to support working capital and refinance from leading alternative lender to mid-sized ...
Q3 2020: RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Survey Construction workloads fall but at a reduced rate compared to the previous quarter; Infrastructure and ...
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a £50m bilateral receivables facility to support the leading European steel manufacturer as it looks to ...
The management team at Ashberry Healthcare Ltd, led by managing director Nigel Denny, has received £5m in funding from Cambridge & Counties Bank to help ...
Despite a turbulent year in the property finance sector, Aspen Bridging has announced it currently has zero defaulted loans on its books and expects to ...
Portfolio management platform Lendlord and online letting agent, Accommodation.co.uk have launched a new partnership. The partnership will enable landlord ...
Brickflow, the UK’s first online search engine for development finance loans, today announces its official launch to the market. Brickflow is a property ...
More than nine in ten brokers (94%) say they now need to shop around more to secure the loan size requested by their clients than they did prior to the start ...
James Leigh Property Management has called on the government to commit to keeping the property market open during the latest lockdown, or the consequences not ...
Specialist lender Together has confirmed it remains “open for business” as the UK enters its second lockdown. Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has today launched two new buy-to-let products with market leading rates. These new products, launching ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has completed on the sale of Cornelius House, a well-established and highly regarded care home near ...
Alternative Bridging Corporation has reintroduced its Alternative overdraft product, with new lower rates and service-driven processes. The Alternative ...
Pepper Money has launched a range of residential mortgage products available up to 85% LTV and introduced free valuation and £0 completion fee options to give ...
RSM has helped Camino, the Spanish tapas restaurant and bar group, to secure a rescue deal allow the business to continue serving customers from its 4 ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has added a new pay rate product to its buy-to-let range for limited companies and special purpose ...
#3rdGen lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has launched a powerful new calculator that further reduces the application time for its in-demand buy-to ...
The government must give UK regional economies greater autonomy over skills and employment to develop grassroot recovery strategies – or risk levelling down ...
New research released today by LifeSkills created by Barclays highlights that the younger generation has a critical role to play in the UK’s recovery from ...
UK car production fell in September, with output down -5.0%, to register the worst performance for the month in 25 years, according to the latest figures ...
As Brexit looms, Amazon is starting the process of separating UK and EU sales from 14 November. UK shoppers buying gifts from EU sites and British traders ...
Businesses across the West Midlands were today urged to join a new £2bn initiative to get the region’s young people into work and the local economy back on ...
Forum of British Pubs founder and pubs campaigner, Dave Mountford, and his wife Lorraine have won a landmark victory in challenging, and appealing, ...
Responding to the prime minister’s announcement of a national lockdown, Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “Retail faces ...
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production increased 3.3% in September, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and ...
In the third quarter of 2020, the overall GB vacancy rate increased to 13.2%, from 12.4% in Q2. This was the ninth consecutive quarter of increasing vacancy ...
CBI Northern Ireland has published a new report proposing a shake-up of major planning processes. With a particular emphasis on projects of regional ...
The sustainable building solutions firm has agreed to a new five-year lease for 832 sq ft (77 sq m) on the first floor of the six storey office building, ...
JobAdder, a global recruitment software solution that helps agency and in-house recruiters find and manage talent more effectively, has today released its ...
Mazars, the international tax, audit and advisory firm, has been ranked as one of the top ten apprenticeship employers in the UK by the National ...
British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed an additional £25m to Assetz Capital, the property ...
Office and retail property in the UK continue to struggle with further drops in demand, but industrial property is already showing solid signs of recovery, ...
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 ...
Period Covered: 01 – 07 October 2020 Shop Prices fell by 1.2% in October compared to a 1.6% decline in September. This decline is below the 12-month average ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to refinance a development of 53 luxury apartments being undertaken by multi-award winning housebuilders Acorn Property ...
Restrictions on travel introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to hit global tourism hard, with the latest data from the World Tourism ...
The home delivery expert ParcelHero says that online sales are set to overtake spending in physical stores for the first time this Christmas as Brits brace ...
A rapid four-day bridge from Aspen has enabled a property professional to exit an existing lender facility before incurring a 5% immediate default charge.£ ...
Whilst demand for realistically priced new build homes that will be ‘move-in ready’ by the end of 2020 are sharing in the remarkable post-lockdown recovery ...
Brokers can look forward to a real treat this Halloween as Hope Capital launches a special version of its Seventies Collection, with two revamped bridging ...
Brixton Village landlord, Hondo Enterprises, today announces the signing of six new occupiers to its diverse and vibrant marketplace. The thriving, ...
Leading lendtech company, DivideBuy, has revealed the results of its partnership with the Barista Club, the leading online service for Sage Barista coffee ...
A Stirling country house and estate has diversified its business model and positioned itself for growth, thanks to a £200,000 funding package from Bank of ...
Opening today, the lab and the surrounding farm offers entrepreneurs and researchers access to Lincoln’s cutting-edge agritech resources – to support ...
Aldermore bank’s First Time Buyer Index, a survey of 1,000 prospective first time buyers, reveals many are struggling to secure a mortgage as challenges ...
RSM has advised on the successful restructuring of Iberica, the Spanish tapas restaurant and bar group owned and operated by Iberica Food & Culture, ...
Data published by Andrews, the south of England property group, shows viewings trebled in Q3 vs Q2 2020, as buyers took advantage of the stamp duty holiday ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Deeside Pharmacy and Galen Pharmacy in Neston, Cheshire, to independent ...
Today’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for September showed the much-heralded resurgence in retail sales continued as overall ...
NatWest has today announced that it will set this year’s National Enterprise Challenge – the largest enterprise and employability challenge for secondary ...
The digital business solutions agency reports that Usability Tests are often never conducted with a minority (20%) stating that they have done so in the last ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has brought to market Boardmans Pharmacy, the only pharmacy on the beautiful island of Alderney in ...
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, which showed an 5.8% increase in overall sales (retail sales excluding fuel: J3L2), Helen Dickinson, ...
With lockdown restrictions continuing to hit the region’s high streets, there was brighter news for West Bromwich as work got underway on a major town centre ...
The total value of construction contract awards in September 2020 was £5.4bn based on a three-month rolling average. This is 21.2% higher than for August and ...
Britain’s largest manufacturers say they are prepared for life outside the European Union as the clock ticks down to the end of the transition period on 31st ...
New research from the National Discount Scheme, My VIP Card, shows that less than 1 in 4 (23%) of shoppers intend to shop locally this Christmas. Due to ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has reported a record quarter for signed bridging applications in Q3 2020. Signed bridging ...
Business investment in the construction industry collapsed by 36% annually as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the economy, analysis of latest official data ...
Paragon Bank continues to support UK SMEs during coronavirus, providing a £130,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) loan to Worcester-based ...
Research by Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) suggests that it is the wealthiest section of society that is driving the housing boom as searches for mortgages over ...
Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has completely refreshed its core product range in response to unprecedented demand. Despite the high levels of demand ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to announce the sale of Wells Road Dental Surgery in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Founded ...
The MCI mortgage club has appointed Hinckley & Rugby Building Society to its growing panel of lenders. The mortgage club recognises the growing demand ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund a £7.6m development of new houses and bungalows close to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. The development, in the ...
Bridging finance specialist, SDKA Ltd, is accelerating its growth plans following a further funding boost from specialist bank, Shawbrook. The Manchester ...
A Midlands homeware and storage group is riding the crest of the homeware boom and considering options for expansion with the support of Lloyds Bank. Cookes ...
Hanley Economic Building Society is back in the ex-pat buy-to-let market with the reintroduction of its 3.49% Variable Discount product at a maximum 80% LTV. ...
ThinCats, leading alternative lender to mid-sized businesses, has provided £8.5m in acquisition funding to Care at Home Services for its counterpart, ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Gainsborough Pharmacy in Ipswich, Suffolk. Gainsborough Pharmacy dispenses ...
As part of its strategy to increase cyber resilience amongst retailers, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has worked alongside experts at the National Cyber ...
A room with a view, a front door onto the street and a garden are proving more seductive for the wealthy than a James Bond-style bachelor pad in Chelsea. ...
Knowledgehook, the world’s most comprehensive mathematics learning platform, has raised £13.5m Series A equity funding, led by a UK-based edtech investment ...
Buckinghamshire-based brewery Rebellion Beer Company is investing in a more sustainable future with support from Lloyds Bank. The 26-year-old brewery, located ...
Specialist asset-based lender, BREAL Zeta has completed a £6.2m funding facility for Turbine Efficiency Limited, an ESO Capital portfolio company. The ...
One of the most eagerly anticipated sessions at the Future Hospitality Summit, taking place on Monday 26th October, live in Riyadh and virtually over the ...
Aspen has completed a timely £2.3m bridge which covers an existing lender repayment plus finish and exit on a luxury house along with the all-in purchase of a ...
Sammon Mortgages, the London and Essex-based mortgage broker, has appointed Karen Nicholls as sales director for the self-employed advice arm of the business. ...
West Midlands businesses need to seize the opportunities, jobs and investment offered by HS2 if the region is to bounce back stronger from the Covid-19 ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Prestbury Dental Practice in Cheshire to expanding operator, Pearl Smile ...
The BRC has launched its latest Payment Survey showing card use continuing to rise steadily from 54% of transactions in 2016 to 61% in 2019. This trend has ...
UK mortgage lender Enra Specialist Finance has announced today, Monday 19th October, that it has priced its first residential mortgage backed securities, ...
As lockdown restrictions were reintroduced throughout September, online sales returned to patterns that would be expected this time of year. In comparison to ...
The British Retail Consortium is today launching a new national advertising campaign calling on the public to start their Christmas shopping earlier to help ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has joined Synergy Commercial Finance’s network panel. Landbay was already on Synergy’s packager panel ...
Academy Leasing is delighted to announce they have supported Lancashire-based business, SEP Rail Services, expand their operations and secure new contracts. ...
Greater Manchester businesses impacted by Covid will be offered free support to build their online presence and reach a wider market as part of a new scheme. ...
Agriculture is one of the oldest industries known to us. However, it’s always taken a back seat to industries related to modern technologies. For example, the ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of David Carter Pharmacy in Offerton, Cheshire. This well-established ...
Paragon Bank is enabling three Leicestershire-based sisters to follow in the footsteps of their father by providing funding to establish their plant hire ...
Fladgate LLP has advised Otium Real Estate, led by Ashley Blake, on the reletting of the ex-Buzz Bingo unit on Robin Leisure Park Anjou Boulevard Wigan. ...
A Nottinghamshire performance doorset manufacturer is set to grow revenues by £2m this year thanks in part to a £400,000 investment in new machinery, backed ...
A first-time buyer requiring maximum leverage to purchase an off-plan, new-build flat in London and save their initial 10% deposit has been backed by Aspen ...
Sirius Property Finance has announced its international expansion, with the opening of an office in New Zealand. Robert Collins, a co-founder of Sirius in the ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, announces the sale of Roche Pharmacy in the village of Roche, near to St Austell in Cornwall. Roche ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has brought to market a vacant nursing home, formerly Donness Nursing Home, in the village of ...
The global tourism industry had a rosy outlook for 2020 continuing a historic rise in the industry in recent times. However, at the beginning of the year, it ...
Bespoke housing developer Charworth Homes has started construction on the third and final phase of its Frederick Fields scheme in Barton-upon-Humber after ...
Loyalty and gift card provider Miconex has developed a new Town and City Gift Cards website that features over 50 of its gift card programmes in England, ...
Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has joined the panel of Brilliant Solutions’ Mortgage Club. Members of the direct-to-lender mortgage club ...
Just Mortgages has achieved its best ever month for both applications and exchanges in September. There were 1,750 applications and 1,500 exchanges last month ...
Accommodation.co.uk, the national lettings agency, has seen first-hand how the Covid pandemic has affected the lettings industry and recent rental data has ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has appointed top 100 UK law firm Birketts to its legal panel for buy-to-let and bridging finance ...
Multi-specialist bank Leumi UK supports the regeneration of Rockingham Speedway into UK’s premier automotive logistics hub London: Leumi UK, the London-based ...
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (“ABL”) has completed a £1m financing structure for Baldwin & Francis Ltd (“B&F”), a portfolio company of ...
The global footwear market continues to pick up the pace with new healthier lifestyles being associated with the need for more variety in the athletic shoe ...
Valley View is a residential care home which provides personal care for old age, including those with dementia. It is registered for 59 service users and ...
Covering the five weeks 30 August – 3 October 2020 We have replaced the three month averages with 6 month averages as this provides a picture of how retailers ...
The automotive industry has demonstrated incredible resilience during what has been a damaging year for both vehicle manufacturing and sales, two critical ...
Online platform Lendlord and digital lender Selina Finance have announced a new collaboration to provide Lendlord’s users with flexible portfolio financing ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading specialist buy-to-let lenders, today announces its partnership with Primis Mortgage Network, one of the largest mortgage and ...
Traditional High street brands that have been struggling due to Covid 19 need to partner with those who have embraced technology, say leading tax and advisory ...
Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has lowered rates for standard and specialist buy-to-let products as the market continues to grow. Zephyr ...
The national firm of surveyors Naismiths has significantly ramped up its offering to asset-based lenders with the appointment of Terry Burke as a senior ...
In TMA’s first webinar of October, TMA and DWF hosted a webinar on 6th October with advice for those involved in the investment, funding, purchase and ...
The site comprises five adjoining properties situated on Castle Street in the centre of Salisbury. 24-36 Castle Street is strategically positioned on one of ...
Covering the five weeks 30 August – 03 October 2020 According to BRC-ShopperTrak data: Year-on-year UK Footfall decreased by 30.1% in September, with only a 4 ...
Social Platform Licklist is widening its market with the rebrand of its b2b arm to Booked it ahead of a £1.75m funding round. Licklist was founded in 2015 ...
A taskforce featuring some of the UK’s top property experts has been launched to help the West Midlands accelerate the construction of low carbon, energy ...
Following Covid-19, improving health and wellbeing offerings could offer hospitality and leisure businesses £21.1bn in additional revenue by 2023. An ...
Arbuthnot Latham has provided more than £23m of refinancing to help the private real estate investment firm, Castleforge Partners with current and future- ...
Nucleus Commercial Finance today announces the appointment of Andy Bird as business development director of Property Finance. Andy brings with him 30 years’ ...
As the government prepares to introduce controversial new three-tier ‘traffic light’ lockdown rules, ParcelHero says home delivery firms are braced for a ...
The UK housing market activity remained strong in September, as reported by the latest RICS UK Residential Survey. Buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new ...
The equity release market showed the most change across all seven categories recorded by Knowledge Bank, with ‘Maximum Loan Amount’ being the only consistent ...
Specialist short term lender Hope Capital is transforming the way it does business with the implementation of new ID verification and messaging technology. By ...
J A Ball Ltd, a family owned building contractor based in the East Midlands has entered administration. The company officially ceased trading on Friday 25th ...
Having completed a management buyout just one month before, new CEO David Edwards and his management team faced a crucial challenge that would have an ...
Condense Reality, a virtual reality startup developing technology to transform how viewers watch live entertainment and sports, has raised a seed round of ...
Paragon Bank has continued its support for UK companies impacted by coronavirus, providing a £125,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) to- ...
Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has completed a further £1.5m fundraise, after the government’s Future Fund matched its overfunded crowdfunding round on ...
An innovative Scottish software business that provides a comprehensive booking platform for the leisure travel sector has announced plans to launch a suite of ...
The business is located on a vibrant high street in the attractive and sought-after market town of Helmsley, with a range of boutiques and independent shops ...
Sovereign Housing Association have bought a shopping centre and the adjacent car-park, in the heart of Bristol, in a £27.2m deal from BlackRock UK Property ...
Clydesdale Bank, owned by Virgin Money, and Leumi UK, the London-based subsidiary of Israel’s leading international bank, have completed a two-bank club deal ...
Peter Till, managing director of Choice Hotels UK & Western Europe and Ufi Ibrahim, the former CEO of the British Hospitality Association, today announced ...
Phoenix Cinema in Leicester is preparing to re-open its doors this autumn after receiving support from Lloyds Bank, as part of the Coronavirus Business ...
The UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market grew by more than a quarter (+26.4%) in September, according to the latest figures released today by the ...
Plans to deliver dozens of affordable homes within striking distance of the City of London as part of a £22m housing scheme have today been unveiled by ...
The UK new car market declined -4.4% in September, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The sector ...
Online retailers and couriers are experiencing record peak volumes and many are stretched to full capacity. ParcelHero says the worst is yet to come as ...
Together has praised its specialist distributer partner First 4 Bridging (F4B) for its expert packaging of a commercial mortgage application – allowing ...
nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that ...
By Chris Black, commercial director at vehicle leasing experts LeasePlan UK Salary sacrifice schemes have become very popular over the past few years as ...
Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and Together have launched a new complex buy-to-let product for landlords and property investors currently being overlooked ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has brought to market, Marshall Meadows Country House Hotel, an elegant 18th century Georgian house ...
The CMA has accepted a proposal from Ardonagh to fully unwind its recent £26m purchase of Bennetts to resolve competition concerns. Ardonagh Group Limited ...
3mc has launched an exclusive range of Limited Company buy-to-let products with Pepper Money. The 3mc exclusives give brokers access to Pepper Money’s 5-year ...
eKeeper has successfully integrated DocuSign’s eSignature functionality into its intermediary focused CRM, MortgageKeeper. The feature allows new and existing ...
Fairview New Homes has announced today that leading convenience retailer, the Co-op, has signed a new lease, taking 4,015 sq ft of commercial space at Regency ...
Accommodation.co.uk, the national lettings agency, has seen first-hand how the Covid pandemic has affected the industry across the UK and a recent project saw ...
The Society of Mortgage Professionals has urged brokers concerned that a customer is attempting to commit mortgage application fraud to under no circumstances ...
The Scottish Government have now announced that they intend to extend the original time periods they had set out in April. The amendments were laid before the ...
Specialist lender, Bluestone Mortgages has joined the Mortgage Market Alliance (MMA) as a founder member of the organisation that is committed to promoting to ...
Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) and Together have saved a house move by taking a £65,000 bridging case from receipt to completion in just 48 hours. The ...
The first transaction was a £352m securitisation of specialist first charge residential and buy-to-let mortgages originated by Pepper Money. This was followed ...
Online portfolio management platform Lendlord, has launched a Portfolio Evaluation module to help landlords make better informed decisions in growing their ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has introduced wide ranging updates to its buy-to-let product range; including raising its LTV and ...
The latest summary of market health from leading lettings and sales agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that the market stood firm in Q2 despite the ...
A new board has been established to maximise the benefits and impacts of the Kickstart job creation scheme in Greater Manchester. The GM Kickstart Board will ...
Oakham-based machinery and vehicle dealer, C&M Retail Group, is embarking on a major expansion programme which will create up to 20 new jobs after ...
Supermarkets and their customers face £3.1bn a year of tariffs on food and drink unless a free trade deal is reached between the UK and the European Union. ...
The owners of a chain of children’s day nurseries have helped distribute more than £60,000 of donated food and other essential supplies to local people during ...
Three quarters of brokers (74%) do not tell their clients that they offer second charge mortgages, according to extensive research carried out by Brightstar ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has launched its latest integration with SIRA, the national fraud prevention and detection, ...
Pepper Money has reduced buy-to-let rates by up to 40 bps as part of the lender’s ongoing commitment to developing and improving its proposition. The new ...
House builders north of the border are calling on the Scottish government to step up new builds to 25,000 a year and to include more private homes. Homes for ...
Small and medium sized businesses in the West Midlands can find out more about the thousands of HS2 contracts on offer at an online regional summit next. ...
As entire countries and economic blocks shut down due to COVID-19, the retail sector scrambled to adapt. It had to adapt to a world where people were afraid ...
For a construction business, purchasing plant equipment is one of the most expensive things to do. While it’s often possible to get equipment financing, it ...
A picturesque Herefordshire wedding and events business is expecting to bounce back once government restrictions on large gatherings are lifted, after support ...
As the UK marks six months since the country went into lockdown, Masthaven Bank has today revealed the extent of its support for its intermediary partners and ...
Traditionally looked down on as a cheap post-war housing solution, pre-fabs could account for up to a quarter of all new homes, according to a new policy. ...
The Just Mortgages self-employed division has continued its rapid growth and has now passed the 300-broker mark. The self-employed division offers a solution ...
Despite an increased need to stand out from the crowd in the online shopping market, retailers must not jump to creating unique, experiential experiences for ...
A property group has acquired a block of more than 40 flats to re-home victims of domestic violence, after securing a £30m loan facility. Manchester-based HS ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading specialist buy-to-let lenders, has today reduced the rate on its Special Edition two-year fixed rates for both 60% and 70% ...
Paragon Bank has provided a £300,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) to the UK’s largest provider of sliding sash windows, Victorian House ...
P2P lending platform Proplend announced this week that it had broken through the £100m lending milestone across the platform (£102m as of today), returned ...
The total value of construction contract awards in August 2020 was £4.4 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is 21.2% higher than for July but ...
A customer has successfully completed two double-quick deals in just five days each with Aspen, smashing the lender’s own Time-Based Service Excellence. ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has facilitated the sale and leaseback of a portfolio of nine care homes in Scotland on behalf of ...
The coronavirus crisis remains a significant challenge, particularly as autumn approaches with cases rising and local lockdowns coming into force. But with ...
#3rdGen lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has had to create a waiting list for its new BTL offering given the sheer strength of demand from the ...
Aldermore bank has appointed David Whitehouse and Colin Ness as property development managers covering the North of England and South West England and Wales ...
Before coronavirus, Shropshire based Capital Cashmere relied on county shows, game fairs, horse events and pop up shops to sell its cashmere clothing and ...
Local people are winning new jobs and gaining valuable skills working on the construction of the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre – all part of the West Midlands ...
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures which showed a 4.1% increase in overall sales (retail sales excluding fuel: J3L2), Helen Dickinson, ...
The extension of the rent holiday for commercial properties is a disaster for landlords throughout the country who have been unable to force businesses who ...
Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender, has just completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan ...
Experienced business professionals, Anthony Lewis and Jonathan Burgoyne, have recently purchased Bloomsbury Guest House in York, with funding successfully ...
Ahead of the ONS retail sales release for August, Yolt, the smart-thinking money app, has revealed new data which demonstrates that, when compared to February ...
In a devastating blow to the events industry, Boris Johnson has announced a review into the October 1st restart date for all business events and conferences. ...
West One is making a series of further significant enhancements to its residential and buy-to-let second charge product ranges. This follows the expansion of ...
The continued impact of Covid-19 is being felt in Britain’s workplaces, as new data from specialist recruiter Robert Half reveals one-in-three businesses are ...
Following huge demand from brokers for their first six ‘Criteria Clinic’ sessions, Knowledge Bank has announced it is to start hosting the educational ...
Bridging lender Hope Capital has enjoyed a bumper summer, with figures released by the firm today showing a surge in demand as the market emerges from. ...
Attracting developers post Brexit to invest in the country’s seaside towns and cities by offering one point of contact is behind the government’s ...
Responding to the government announcement to extend the rent moratorium, Tom Ironside, director of business and regulation at the British Retail Consortium, ...
Just Mortgages has just employed its first person in its new online territories. Spicerhaart and Just Mortgages are creating a number of territories across ...
Logistics on the continent may be about to experience significant disruption. Scania – manufacturer of heavy commercial vehicles – announced this ...
The Business Mortgage Company (TBMC) has added Hodge to its lender panel providing its members with access to Hodge’s Holiday Let Mortgage. Discussing the new ...
Wellingborough based M.L. Wakefield Ltd, a leading factory outlet discount wholesaler that trades under the name Fashion Warehouse, has recently secured just ...
The call by restaurant chains and others to the government to extend the ban on the collection of rent on commercial properties such as shops and cafes ...
Leading alternative lender to mid-sized businesses, ThinCats, has supported the largest independently owned greetings card publisher in the UK, Carte Blanche ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has launched the first edition of its Buyer Registration Index, an analysis of website registrations ...
John Farnsworth, Partner at Smith Cooper, Retail and Hospitality expert A few months after lockdown restrictions were eased and the retail and hospitality ...
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been adopted by The Loan Partnership as its ...
Prices remain robust but the current spate of new listings suggests that the road to full recovery may soon be marred by oversupply, especially in London, ...
With ONS (Office for National Statistics) figures today revealing a rise of 156,000 young people (aged 16-24) without employment, new research has shown that ...
Pluto Finance has a completed a £12m Senior Development Loan for a residential-led mixed-use scheme by Dominvs Group on the site of The Fox public house in ...
Family fun restaurant Yamas Tapas and Meze opened in Nottingham in 2001. It’s so popular that owners, the Ktori family, had completed renovations to double ...
Agriculture is a great industry to get into if you are wondering what to do with your business acumen. For one thing, you are always going to be able to get ...
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (ABL) has provided fast-growth social housing renovations and maintenance specialists, PiLON Ltd. (PiLON) with a £3 ...
While total UK volumes for the year are unlikely to reach the long-term average of £44.9bn in 2020, according to Savills, proportionally certain sub-sectors ...
Foundation Student Award – Alexander Insuli, IGF Independent Growth Finance Certificate Student Award – Jamie Kemp, Lloyds Banking Group Financial ...
Aspen has completed a £1.5m, 75% development-exit bridge on two semi-detached newbuild homes in Hertfordshire, giving the client extra time to secure market ...
Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a partnership with Alexander Hall, to provide advisers at the firm with fully integrated criteria-driven ...
Online sales growth continued to slowly slide in August, falling against July by -4.1%. While overall sales remained strong – growth was up +43.5% year-on ...
Bridging completions were £470m in Q2 2020, down 56% on Q4 2019, but applications rose slightly in the same period. This is according to the latest figures ...
As Brits brace themselves for a second wave of the coronavirus, the leading home delivery specialist ParcelHero says retailers and manufacturers are already ...
Ravensworth Nurseries in Richmond, North Yorkshire is investing £1.1m in developing an upmarket retail garden centre to enhance its already successful plant ...
One of Manchester’s most iconic music venues has secured its future with the support of a six-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank. Based in the Northern ...
Costain Group took this month’s top spot in the contractor league tables after being appointed the contractor for two major road projects. A new SMART ...
National house price growth indicator hits a four year high Enquiries, sales and new instructions all continue to rise 83% of respondents foresee ...
A Bideford-based dairy business has achieved exponential growth in its first year of trading after securing significant contracts in both the UK and overseas, ...
In a boost for the UK property market, a new Twenty7Tec report reveals a highly unusual spike in August mortgage searches and applications, which increased ...
SmileDirectClub, the oral care company with the first medtech platform for teeth straightening, today announces it will be supporting British high streets and ...
Like all industries, the construction industry has struggled during the current COVID-19 crisis. In order to survive, changes are being made, as construction ...
Bluestone Mortgages today warns that the needs of “non-standard” customers could end up being excluded from the development of open finance if advisers do not ...
Zephyr Homeloans, part of Computershare Loan Services, has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), bringing the ...
A rapid £2,327,250, 73% loan-to-value bridging loan from Aspen has saved a customer’s £125k auction purchase deposit and provided additional funding on a part ...
The boom in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic has seen more than one in seven UK retailers (15%) create roles specifically to cater to an ...
Castle Trust Bank has launched a new range of buy-to-let products up to 75% LTV, with instant terms available from the lender’s BDMs. The products are ...
A sea view hotel on the South Devon coast is to make way for a series of modern ‘staycation’ apartments in a £3.3m re-development project. Lantern Lodge, ...
Covering the four weeks 2 – 29 August 2020 In August, UK retail sales increased 4.7% on a like-for-like basis from August 2019, when they had decreased. ...
Lenders continuing to tighten criteria is clearly still a significant issue for people with small deposits, as Knowledge Bank recorded that ‘Temporary Maximum ...
A Manchester giftware supplier has strengthened its financial standing with the support of a seven-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank. Based in Oldham, ...
Car makers have invested billions of pounds in an ever-growing range of electrified vehicles, many of which were on display at a special test drive event, ...
The EnterprisingYou (EY) programme has proved crucial to the self-employed following the Covid-19 outbreak by providing support to self-employed businesses, ...
ProDog has recently been selected as a finalist in Lloyd’s National Business Awards 2020 for The Virgin Atlantic Customer Experience and Loyalty Category, and ...
According to the latest job market data from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library reveals that applications to finance jobs fell by 5.8% in ...
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today called on government to commit to significant long-term incentives for electric vehicle (EV) ...
Covering the four weeks 2 – 29 August 2020 According to BRC-ShopperTrak data: UK footfall decreased by 34.8% in August, with only a 7.3 percentage point ...
Nivo has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) as an associate member. Fintech, Nivo, designed its ...
Online portfolio management platform Lendlord has launched an android app to provide users with the full functionality of the online platform from their ...
From November, the internet giant Google will apply the full cost of Britain’s new Digital Services Tax (DST) to all ads on UK Google and You Tube as an ...
Hope Capital has today launched the Seventies Collection which comprises two new bridging loan products. The two products, the HOPE 70 and the HOPE 75 are ...
The ASTL has announced that Charles McDowell, managing director at Hampshire Trust Bank will speak in the guest slot at its virtual conference on Tuesday 22nd ...
What impact is Covid-19 having on business confidence? And what recovery strategies are companies prioritising in response to the pandemic? Specialised ...
Small Business Prices reveals the easiest and the hardest sectors to find a new role in right now during these unprecedented times. Information, professional ...
Today, SMMT released figures for July pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in ...
Lee Collinson, head of manufacturing at Barclays, said: “Following on from July’s welcome figures, after the reopening of factories and easing of lockdown ...
Yolt, the smart-thinking money app, has revealed new data which demonstrates that the ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ scheme created a surge in eating out on Mondays, ...
Vida has today made a full return to the intermediary mortgage market, celebrating a new start for the specialist lender following its recent successful £350m ...
Savills has launched the sale of a 292 acre farm in the heart of the Lake District National Park. Dowthwaite Head, which sits north of Ullswater and close to ...
The announcement from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of an impending ban on discretionary commission (differences in charges or DiC) models within the ...
On 25 August Savills held its first ever August auction. The August sale saw 51 lots sold and had a success rate of 86%, ultimately raising over £20m. While ...
As hospitality and leisure businesses prepare for the August Bank Holiday, research from Barclays Corporate Banking reveals just 6% of businesses in the ...
In July 2020, the government announced changes to the Use Classes Order in England which, since 1987, has been the primary legislative tool to control changes ...
Vector Capital specialises in finance for land and property development, bridging loans and secured business finance, providing confidential behind the scenes ...
UK car manufacturing output fell -20.8% in July as 85,696 units rolled off production lines, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor ...
Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have completed a £3m loan to build a sustainable ...
A scheme set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to fund apprenticeship training for small businesses has supported 1,000 local people – helping ...
New research from vehicle leasing experts, LeasePlan UK, reveals that despite the majority (62%) of HR bosses and senior business leaders being challenged to ...
With offices still closed, employees continuing to work from home and day after day of virtual meetings, it could look like this form of working is now the ...
Nine out of ten shoppers say free delivery is their number one incentive to spend more, reveals new research conducted by the e-commerce delivery expert ...
Barrow-upon-Humber based business, Holistic Fire Safety Limited, has secured a £25k Bounce Back Loan from Santander UK to meet growing demand as workers ...
Five startup businesses have won a year’s access to a new online finance training platform from a Yorkshire-based finance management firm. The wins are part ...
Leading strategic infrastructure projects and physical asset lifecycle management company InfraStrata plc has acquired the historic and highly strategic ...
Mactavish, the specialist outsourced insurance buyer and claims resolution expert, is warning that in the current economic climate, construction PI insurance ...
Following a rebrand from Promise Solutions to Promise Money, the specialist lending distributor has launched a brand-new website and processing system for ...
Registration has opened for Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) Annual Conference, which will take place online as a virtual conference on Tuesday 22nd ...
A brand new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that two-thirds (66.7%) of finance professionals still expect to receive a ...
Arbuthnot Latham Commercial has provided a commercial loan of £2.2m for Homesave UK Limited, helping the company to transition its business model from ...
Working with the Forum of British Pubs, a group of small brewers have launched the Small Brewers’ Forum to open the way for locally brewed beers to be sold in ...
Aldermore bank has provided an invoice finance facility to Fluid Science, the water solutions specialist. Founded in 2016 and based in Knowsley near, ...
There was plenty of good news for Britain’s beleaguered high street retailers in July’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail figures released today, ...
The total value of construction contract awards in July 2020 was £6.3bn which compares to £3.1bn in June and £1.6bn in May, underlining the magnitude of the ...
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, which showed a 2.7% increase in overall sales (retail sales excluding fuel: J3L2), Helen Dickinson, ...
Luxury British shirt-maker Charles Tyrwhitt has agreed a new £26m financing facility with Lloyds Bank as it continues to strengthen its business and seek ...
The Merrion Project, a £100m investment that will replace an existing office block on Merrion Street, will deliver 87 self-contained postgraduate studio ...
Calls for additional support for the HGV sector grew this week with the deeply concerning news that registrations of new HGVs fell by -73.4% in the second ...
More than half of brokers have seen an increase in buy-to-let purchase business in recent weeks, with more than 30% seeing an increase in individual purchases ...
New research from Insolvency Support has unveiled that an average employee would take a £2,665 pay cut per year in order to continue working from home when ...
More than twice as many principals, advisers and administrators worry about the impact of a second coronavirus lockdown than about Brexit, according to a new ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to announce the freehold sale of Warren House in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey on behalf ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) has launched its ‘UTB Secure Chat Hub’ providing brokers and customers with a straightforward and secure way of communicating with the ...
Assetz Capital has signed a funding deal with Aros Kapital, a fast-growing Nordic financing provider focused on the SME segment, to contribute to its lending ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has introduced Appetite Statements for landlords seeking a pre-agreed financing offer for their ...
Bespoke property developer, Featherstone Homes, has successfully transformed a former MOT garage and bus depot into new homes and commercial units in a £9.1m ...
A phone recycling comparison business is set for further growth after buying its Maidstone headquarters with the support of Lloyds Bank. Kent-based Compare ...
New bus and coach registrations fell -77.1% in the second quarter of this year, with just 328 units joining British roads, according to figures released today ...
Data published today by Andrews, the south of England property group, shows instructions and viewings were up substantially in July 2020, as the stamp duty ...
Boe House, the owner of Baby Box Shop, has received a £160,000 loan from Rosebud Finance, Lancashire County Council’s investment vehicle delivered by GC ...
The UK’s new heavy goods vehicle (HGV) market fell -73.4% in the second quarter of 2020, with 4,151 units registered, according to figures released today by ...
Bustling Belfast restaurants, Chubby Cherub and AMPM, have secured £150k and £190k respectively through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme ...
Aspen Bridging took just five days to move a £193,450, 73% loan-to-value auction purchase application from illustration to completion, ensuring the first-time ...
Hotel Earls Court is a 17-room well-established hotel comprising single, double, and triple room accommodation arranged over a lower ground and three upper ...
Derbyshire-based short-term commercial finance company, Bridge Help has swelled its ranks further with the appointment of David Fielding. David joins the ...
With full lockdown measures in place for the whole of April and May, the impact on the used car market, albeit devastating, is not surprising. According to ...
Clayton Glass Limited, one of the UK’s largest glass manufacturers, has secured new funding from Santander UK to support its growth following the acquisition ...
The latest Bridging Trends report shows a 45% fall in gross bridging loan volumes in the first half of the year, as activity is dented by the Covid-19. ...
Hardening yields on industrial distribution and multi-let assets, combined with signs that West End office yields may also be about to come in, keep the UK ...
The project, titled ‘Project Endeavour’, sees Christie & Co bring to market a selection of 37 Bargain Booze, Wine Rack, Select Convenience and Central ...
A partnership of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) with one of the UK’s biggest banks is helping the region’s economy to recover from the Covid-19 ...
Mactavish, the specialist outsourced insurance buyer and claims resolution expert, is warning companies operating in the food and beverage sector that any ...
An audit of the alcohol market has found high levels of compliance to industry standards. While some claim that alcohol producers do not provide the right ...
The housing market gained momentum in July as the recovery continued, according to the July 2020 RICS UK Residential Survey. Anecdotal evidence suggests the ...
A Huddersfield housing scheme powered entirely by renewable energy is now fully occupied, following the completion of a multi-million-pound project to ...
Covid-19 has caused Christmas to begin earlier than usual in the UK, with over a quarter (27%) of consumers planning to start Christmas shopping and ...
Plans to provide dozens of affordable homes on a derelict site in Lewisham as part of a £25m housing scheme have been unveiled today by developer Southern ...
ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized businesses, has provided a CBILS loan to fund the acquisition of a new care home by Devonshire Care Ltd, ...
The UK property market recovery continues, stepping up a gear in response to considerable pent-up demand and delayed sales, according to Home.co.uk‘s ...
Data Analysis by Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has found that, while lending options remain restricted at higher LTVs, most brokers using MBT Affordability are ...
West One has today, 12th August, launched two limited edition buy-to-let products, both of which are available for standard and specialist landlords. The ...
The UK’s used car market declined by -48.9% in the second quarter of 2020 with just 1,039,303 units changing hands, according to the latest figures released ...
British fashion and lifestyle brand White Stuff is to accelerate its shift to digital-driven retail as it grapples with the challenges posed by Covid-19, with ...
RJ McLeod took this month’stop spot after being appointed the main contractor for the £500m Viking Wind Farm in the Shetland Isles, Scotland. This large ...
Kim and Phil Rogerson, well established healthcare professionals, have purchased Abbotsfield Residential Care Home in Barrow-in-Furness and Greenlane House in ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has made a series of changes to its buy-to-let product suite. LendInvest has increased its maximum ...
Aspen Bridging has completed a £150k development exit bridging loan on a remote property in Wales, using its desktop valuations system to overcome national ...
Covering the four weeks 5 July – 1 August On a total basis, sales increased by 3.2% in July, against an increase of 0.5% in July 2019*, It is above the- ...
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided Bradburys Cheese with a £1.5m loan as part of the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme ) ...
The MCI Mortgage Club has this week added LiveMore Captial to its panel, extending its range of products to include retirement interest only (RIO) mortgages. ...
City Finance Brokers, the specialist mortgage and finance brokerage, has become the first broker to complete a bridging loan facility with Ultimate Finance ...
A Highland property developer is set to launch the first five units of a 38-plot development despite months of disruption caused by Covid-19, thanks to a six ...
Scottish labour market conditions remained challenging in July, with hiring activity continuing to contract substantially overall. That said, the pace of the ...
The Chartered Insurance Institute and Islamic Insurance Association of London have worked with the University of Bolton to launch an MBA in Islamic Finance ...
The number of new cars registered by UK buyers rose by 11.3% in July, according to the latest figures released by SMMT this week. The year’s first month of ...
Two regions in the UK hardest hit by the pandemic are to receive a boost with new gift card programmes designed to stimulate the local economy. Southport and ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has received the highest possible rating from a European ratings agency for the sixth consecutive ...
Fresh research from Barclays Mortgages has found residents of UK’s biggest cities are no longer happy with where they’re living, and as a result are ...
The hotel sits in a three-storey Victorian style building a short walk away from Finsbury Park Railway Station and Finsbury Park which holds a number of large ...
The BRC and Opinium have been working together to track consumer behaviours and their sentiment towards coronavirus. This research has run weekly since 1st ...
The Centre for Policy Studies today welcomed the publication of the government’s White Paper, ‘Planning for the Future’. The think tank praised the focus on ...
Expert analysis by CEO and founder of Hilltop Credit Partners “Showing no signs of a lockdown fatigue, the housing market is enjoying a fantastic recovery ...
Assetz Capital has applied for a Pool E Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) £10m grant as it continues to scale its SME lending at pace. The £1bn peer-to-peer ...
Livia’s, the fastest growing free-from treat brand in the UK, today launches its first crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Already surpassing the £1m investment ...
According to the latest job market data from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, the amount of finance jobs being advertised fell by 61.2% in ...
The Q2 2020 RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure market survey results predictably show a contraction in output, as workloads decline across all sectors. ...
UK new car registrations rose for the first time this year, by 11.3% in July, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and ...
The UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market saw its first month of growth since January, with a 7.1% increase in registrations, according to the latest ...
An electric vehicle (EV) retailer has opened its first store in the centre of Bristol, following a funding package from Lloyds Bank. EcoMove, which was ...
Over 3,000 people registered to bid online at Ewbank’s latest three-day sales series, providing the clearest evidence yet of the mass migration online of the ...
Insurance premiums for van drivers have dropped an average of 2.3% in the last three months, according to the latest figures from data analytics company ...
Mactavish, the specialist outsourced insurance buyer and claims resolution expert, warns the construction insurance market is growing increasingly distressed ...
On Monday, Kevin Ellis, chair of accountancy firm PwC – which has more than 22,000 staff across the UK – said he hopes to have around half of the ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) have revealed the next set of mortgage product, criteria and technology enhancements aimed at getting the mortgage industry back open ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has funded a £10m bridging finance loan in a tight time frame, after the borrower ran into ...
A study released today reveals the scale of omni-channel pressure brands now faced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as consumers flock to apps and ...
A food manufacturer and wholesaler in Shrewsbury has been able to expand its services and safeguard the future of the business with the help of a six-figure ...
Eight ‘shovel ready’ projects, ranging from the National Brownfield Land Institute to Very Light Rail developments are to benefit from £66m of government ...
Online platform, Lendlord, has partnered with Guardian Tax & Accounting to enhance its portfolio management product with automated tax insights for ...
Castle Trust Bank has recruited Jason Neale to become its new sales director as the lender continues to focus on plans to grow its specialist lending. ...
Dundee based McGill’s residential development and home building arm, McGill Homes, were today notified that their project to convert the former Department for ...
Young people in the West Midlands will benefit from new one-year training courses at further education colleges and private providers to equip them with the ...
Employers and trustees could be at risk of inadvertently breaching regulations if the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is not fully understood in the ...
Hope Capital has seen new cases for loans in excess of £1m increase by 350% month-on-month in July. The latest figures from Hope Capital follow a year-on year ...
The Try Adviser Network of mortgage brokers has been granted permission by the FCA to give financial advice on Shariah-compliant home purchase plans. Try ...
West One has relaunched its buy-to-let and second charges products, with new rates and criteria to support borrowers as the economy emerges from lockdown. The ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to announce the sale of the Jones Convenience Store in Shepton Mallett, Somerset. The ...
Paragon Bank has provided a £500,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) to Norfolk based plant hire firm, Newall Plant Ltd, continuing its support ...
A Chinese property professional has saved their £325,000 deposit on a newbuild London penthouse after delays in their term finance application, thanks to a 12 ...
According to Savills, the vast numbers of UK holiday makers opting for a staycation this summer is a trend set to continue in light of current international ...
Production figures released this week by SMMT reaffirm the difficulties that all automotive businesses are facing as they try to restart while major markets ...
As the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme comes to end and short-term funding boosts run out, we are starting to see the inevitable – restructuring by ...
‘Build, build, build’ is the prime minister’s message as we lift from lockdown and focus on getting the economy moving. Infrastructure and construction are ...
A North Yorkshire leisure venue that offers ten-pin bowling, snooker, children’s soft play and more says it has plans in place to install social distancing ...
UK car production declined -48.2% in June with 56,594 units made, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ). ...
In the second quarter of 2020, the overall GB vacancy rate increased to 12.4%, from 12.2% in Q1. This was the eight consecutive quarter of increasing vacancy ...
Two large employers are helping the region’s economy recover from COVID-19 by pledging £300,000 to the Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Fund set up by the West ...
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production increased by 23.9% in June, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ), ...
OFFA has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). OFFA is the first bridging finance provider in the UK to offer ...
Yesterday, Barclays boss Jes Staley signalled that he wants employees working from home during the pandemic to return to the office ‘over time’. ...
RICS UK Commercial Market Survey, Q2 2020 Rents predicted to fall sharply across the office and retail sectors in the year ahead 93% of respondents envisage ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to announce the sale of the Alfoxton Park Hotel estate near Bridgwater in Somerset to ...
In 2019, close to two billion people purchased items online — but most of the sellers of art, vintage, and antiques lost out. Why? Because the vast majority ...
Gatehouse Bank has joined the Knowledge Bank platform, allowing thousands of additional brokers nationwide to view its home finance criteria on the biggest ...
Developer Southern Grove today unveils a £4.5m pilot development of mews houses in a popular residential area of north London. The scheme in leafy Finchley, ...
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) Development Finance team has today announced an increase in LTGDV to 65% for loans up to £6m. The move is part of a deliberate ...
The business comprises a post office, travel agency and a newsagent, all of which are staff run. It boasts a high turnover, most of which comes from its ...
Seven in 10 bridging lenders (68%) are concerned about the capacity of the courts to deal with the caseload when the enforcement moratorium is lifted, ...
Rural businesses aren’t just farms. Rural areas are full of innovative small businesses doing everything from accountants in sheds at the bottom of gardens, ...
Period Covered: 01 – 07 July 2020 Shop prices fell by 1.3% in July compared to a decrease of 1.6% in June. This is below the 12-month average price ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) is continuing to expand its Development Finance Division with the appointment of a new director and a new manager. Hardeep Thandi ...
A new report from Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, shows ...
A new tax on goods sold online is being considered by the chancellor amid growing concern about the collapse of the high street as Britain emerges from the ...
The cybersecurity and information resilience team at BSI is advising organisations to remain alert to an increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks ...
The government is reportedly examining how the ‘the tax system raises sufficient revenue’ to cover the cost of lost business rates, as the coronavirus ...
The enormous toll of Covid-19 on international tourism has now become clear, with World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) data showing the cost up to May was ...
Mortgage Broker Tools has launched BTL Affordability – a ground-breaking enhancement to MBT Affordability that enables brokers to research how much their ...
More than 250 advisers have signed up for anti-money-laundering (AML) and credit reports through the eKeeper CRM in the three months since the feature was ...
Hope Capital is gearing up for a period of sustained growth, as it proceeds with the next phase of its ambitious expansion strategy. The specialist short-term ...
Mapleford is a purpose-built nursing home facility spread out over two floors. The business is registered for 54 residents, though there are currently 43 ...
Mint Bridging has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). Mint Bridging offers bridging finance for borrowers, ...
As another week of trade talks between the UK and EU ended, the automotive industry is no nearer to knowing whether a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement will ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has launched a new funding partnership with a UK bank. This deposit-taking bank will fund mortgages ...
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for June showed sales soared by over 13% compared to May, to reach near-normal levels. In fact, ...
A company that makes bespoke fitted furniture says that a six-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank means it will return from lockdown ready to capitalise ...
The latest ONS retail figures show growth for the first time since lockdown began at 13.9%. Yet this presents a fraction of what is required to make ...
The total value of construction contract awards in June 2020 was £2.2bn based on a three-month rolling average. Compared to May, this is a decrease of 9.2% ...
Digital lender Selina Finance has completed a £42m Series A fundraise, it announced today. The funding includes £12m in equity and £30m in debt lines and will ...
Thousands of businesses that wish to make claims under the job retention scheme up until the end of June need to do so by the end of the month or lose out, ...
UK manufacturing exports fell sharply in Q2 2020, according to the Lloyds Bank International Trade Index. The speed of decline was the fastest since data ...
With many commuters shunning the prospect of rail travel and season tickets, a marked reduction in road use outside cities and a shift towards remote working ...
The New Forest and Hampshire’s flagship county show has refunded all of its suppliers and customers after it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Family-run business, Bodle Bros Ltd, which has been supplying animal feed to local farms in the Mid Sussex area and grain merchanting for nearly 200 years, ...
The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has announced the date, and a number of exciting changes, for its Annual Conference 2020. The ASTL Annual ...
Legislation laid in parliament yesterday sets out additional permitted development rights intended to boost housing supply and revitalise town centres in ...
Knock Castle Hotel & Spa dates back to 1870 and is well-known as the grand former home of Scottish shipping magnate, Lady MacBrayne. The hotel comprises a ...
Cotswolds-based garden products retailer Wildlife World has seen a 400% increase in online sales compared to this time last year, after securing a six-figure ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has launched a new structured property finance team to offer a tailored service to brokers and ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) have made it their mission to help get the mortgage industry back open for business by launching its #BrokerSummerSupportPackage ...
Simply, the SME funder, today announced that it has provided £123,500 to a repacking and distribution services company to enable it to grow its business. The ...
To celebrate the launch of its new financial training platform, Yorkshire-based finance management specialist Mellor Financial Training is offering businesses ...
Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender, has joined the mortgage panel at Openwork, one of the UK’s largest and longest established financial ...
Pepper Money has relaunched its buy-to-let purchase mortgages for individual investors and limited companies after closely monitoring the market and demand ...
Overview The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every corner of the world and, consequently, global real estate investment activity slowed dramatically ...
The results of the first fortnightly GM Recovery Tracker survey conducted by Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce show a slight improvement in customer ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, has today increased its maximum loan sizes from £1m to £1.5m on all standard properties, houses in ...
The latest sentiment survey from the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) shows that bridging lenders are upbeat about the long term prospects for the UK ...
Arbuthnot Commercial ABL is pleased to announce the recent completion of a £2m financing for Climatec Windows Limited and Alu-Tec (UK) Limited. The facility ...
Here are the main points addressed in this study (download it here) Coface does not expect the sector to recover to fourth quarter 2019 level before 2022. In ...
A South Devon holiday park is back up and running and looking to sunnier times ahead following support from Lloyds Bank. Brixham Holiday Park had to close its ...
Leading Payments Processor, Paymentology has recruited a team of Wirecard employees offering some welcome relief to the industry following the collapse of ...
On Friday, Boris Johnson held out the prospect of a “significant return to normality” by Christmas as he announced a fresh easing of lockdown restrictions in ...
PropertyPal Mortgages, the mortgage arm of Northern Ireland’s leading property portal, has teamed up with eKeeper to launch its own mortgage pre-approval ...
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 ...
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 ...
Intelligent Environmental Services (iES), a leading North West environmental consultant, has secured a £500k invoice finance facility from Advantedge as it ...
Buy-to-let landlords in England should be assessing the energy efficiency works that their properties require in advance of the opening of online applications ...
Anthony Carty, group financial planning & business development director, explores the variety of ways accumulated pension funds can form a vital part of ...
‘Product-less’ lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has radically streamlined its application process for brokers and borrowers alike — in some cases ...
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (ABL) has supported window and door manufacturer, GJB Group with a £1.2m Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan ) ...
A specialist membership and insurance company for the health and beauty sectors has been able to secure all the jobs of its 14 staff during the coronavirus ...
Responding to the UK government’s consultation on its legislative proposals on the UK Internal Market, published today, BRC’s head of devolved nations, David ...
Paul Raeburn, Chartered Surveyor, RICS accredited mediator, arbitrator and head of specialist diminution valuation consultancy, Radius Consulting, examines ...
Aldermore bank welcomes the publication of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for SME (Small and Medium sized Enterprise) House Builders report on ways ...
Reaction from Tom Slingsby, CEO Southern Grove The ONS affordable housing stats were updated this morning, and show that in the final two quarters of 2019/20, ...
The CBILS loan has enabled Hadley Hargreaves to recover from cash flow issues and losses as a result of the pandemic. It has also provided funds to purchase ...
Crieff Hydro, a family-run Scottish hotel group, has secured a £5m CBILS overdraft from Santander UK to help the business through the challenges facing the ...
Following last week’s Summer Statement by chancellor Rishi Sunak on the next phase of the government’s response to the Covid 19 pandemic focused on job ...
Morgan McKinley’s Q2 Spring London Employment Monitor details City hiring trends from April through June 2020. The second quarter (Q2) of the year saw ...
iknowa, a property and financial technology startup that is making building and renovation projects easier, safer and more efficient, today, announced its ...
An East Midlands-based childcare provider has expanded its footprint in the region after completing the acquisition of two nurseries in Mansfield, with the ...
Bardsley England, a 128-year-old fruit farming business, is preparing for the next chapter in its long and successful history following the exciting ...
Although rates of contraction did ease from May, they remained marked and among the quickest in the survey’s history. At the same time, demand for staff ...
The post-lockdown restart of the property market is proceeding with considerable aplomb, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index for July. The mix ...
According to brand new research from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, one in three (38.6%) finance professionals admit that they have ...
Following increased demand due to fluctuating market reports and heightened uncertainty around the value of the global property markets since the Covid-19 ...
Covering the four weeks 31st May – 4 July 2020 On a total basis, sales increased by 3.4% in June, against a decrease of 1.6% in June 2019*. It is the ...
Local people seeking a new career in technology are being invited to join a free Covid-19 response bootcamp to take them from scratch to professional ...
Responding to reports that face coverings will become mandatory in shops in England from 24 July, Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail ...
La Barca is an established Italian restaurant that has operated from the same premises in central London for over 40 years. The restaurant has an impressive ...
A Pudsey metal fabricator is ramping up production of outdoor pizza ovens and indoor BBQ grills to meet demand for luxury home cooking appliances with support ...
Data published today by Andrews, the property group with 48 offices throughout the south of England, shows instructions in April and May 2020 were down 90% ...
Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has successfully helped Creative Support with a new £25m re-financing deal, providing the national not-for-profit ...
The latest figures from Knowledge Bank’s mortgage criteria activity tracker show brokers’ searches up by more than two-thirds (68%) as the market responds to ...
The automotive sector has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus crisis, with thousands of job losses already announced and many more at risk. So it’s ...
Reach Commercial Finance has help realise a dream for an artisan butcher from Fordingbridge in Hampshire by securing a £150K loan under the Enterprise Finance ...
More than 100 intermediaries attended each of the six CPD-accredited webinars held by Hodge during lockdown. The webinars were aimed at brokers who are ...
The operator of a group of residential and holiday caravan parks is looking forward to the future after receiving support through the Coronavirus Business ...
Covering the five weeks 31 May – 4 July 2020 Shops in Northern Ireland opened on 12th June, and in England on 15th June. As a result, we have provided ...
The EU is the UK’s largest trading partner and the source of a huge amount of the goods we buy. Four-fifths of UK food imports come from the EU and EU imports ...
First Components Ltd specialise in the design and manufacture of precision milled parts, wire products, metal pressings, laser cutting and metal finishing ...
NAEA Propertymark has partnered with REACH UK, an award-winning scale up programme, to help its members navigate through the world of technology by selecting ...
Gatehouse Bank has appointed John Coles as an asset manager in its real estate investment advisory team. John joins the Bank from Hearthstone Investments, ...
As millions of workers have been forced to stay at home over the past few months, there has been a massive spike in the number of commercial opportunities ...
The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) welcomes the temporary VAT cut for food and drinks.. In the Plan for Jobs presented by the chancellor, it was ...
Hundreds of work coaches are being recruited to boost employment in the West Midlands as part of a new package of support focused on training and reskilling ...
The UK housing market is showing initial signs of recovery as new buyers and sellers come in to the market, but respondents remain cautious about the year ...
Three large employers are helping the region’s economy to recover from the Covid-19 shutdown by contributing more than £200,000 to fund apprenticeship ...
Ahead of the reopening of pubs and restaurants on Wednesday 15th July as lockdown measures are eased, chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising ...
An award-winning, family-run hotel, pub and wedding venue in Swansea is hoping to welcome patrons back in July following support from Bank of Scotland. Based ...
Torquay Leisure Hotels Limited, the South West’s largest serviced accommodation provider, successfully secured a £1m Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan ...
Work to breathe new life into a derelict industrial site close to the heart of Birmingham is being accelerated following a multi-million pound investment by ...
The ongoing pandemic has created an unprecedented challenge for the retail industry. Now, three weeks after shops opened in England and Northern Ireland, ...
Old Amersham Hotels (Holdings) Ltd, a company that runs three popular local hotels and venues in Buckinghamshire, plus its sister company Redesdale Holdings ...
Despite the reopening of the majority of high street stores, the UK courier expert ParcelHero says demand for home deliveries has now become evergreen, with ...
YourZooki, a premium liquid supplements brand, is gearing up for further growth after receiving an additional £150,000 from Rosebud, Lancashire County Council ...
Demand for sales staff spiked last week as hiring across the country saw the first positive increase in weeks, with the number of jobs posted across the UK up ...
Home working is opening up new opportunities for UK businesses, with 70% of companies claiming that it has potentially strengthened relationships with, ...
Are you thinking about starting a street food business? Well, you need to make sure that you have the right skills for the job. If you are starting the ...
The national firm of surveyors Naismiths has appointed Kevin Marshall as a director of building consultancy, as part of a strategic expansion. The firm, which ...
Shops in England reopened 15th June, in Northern Ireland 12th June, in Scotland (mostly) 29th June, and in Wales 22nd June. UK footfall decreased 49.6% year ...
Aspen Bridging has reported June 2020 to be one of its best months on record, approving £294m of deals across 382 cases. The figures are up from £107m across ...
The government is reportedly considering a reduction to the rate of VAT to encourage people to spend more. But, says accountants and business advisers Kreston ...
Stagecoach Performing Arts, the children’s performing arts franchise with a global presence in eight countries, has continued to adapt and thrive throughout ...
A new survey from SteelScout has found that more than 60% of professionals in the manufacturing industry expect the sector to recover from Covid-19 and return ...
lThe MCI mortgage club has appointed Zephyr Homeloans to its growing panel of specialist lenders for buy-to-let products. Zephyr supports a product range ...
The 102-year-old Warners Motor Group in Gloucestershire has seen soaring demand for motorhome rentals as holidaymakers plan UK trips because of restrictions ...
The UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market declined -24.8% in June, as lockdown measures eased and businesses began to return to work, according to the ...
Four in ten UK shoppers (38%) abandon a purchase at least once a week, with a fifth (21%) claiming to do so more regularly. That’s according to new research ...
Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance is today announcing that it can offer Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) backed bridging ...
The Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership (the Partnership) has today stated its commitment to apprenticeships, as struggling industries and employers ...
The coronavirus has brought significant changes to the way we work. And this change is expected to continue at least, for the foreseeable future. These ...
Whilst the announcement to loosen travel restrictions on certain overseas destinations is welcome news, RSM has voiced concern over the major challenges posed ...
As the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors across England prepare to reopen this weekend, Greater Manchester leaders have issued a joint statement which ...
Leading pub membership organisation, the Forum of Private Pubs, is reporting that only 50% of our pubs are likely actually to open on Saturday, based on a ...
Recruitment Investments is a UK based group of business owners who specialise in buying and selling successful organisations within the recruitment sector. ...
A South West construction company is protecting its workforce as it begins to reopen some of its sites with the support of a multimillion pound Coronavirus ...
A family-run Suffolk ice cream producer with Italian roots is celebrating its 100-year anniversary despite the ongoing disruption thanks to funding from ...
As the Covid-19 economy spurs businesses to increase their reliance of data analytics and business intelligence, employees face the pressure of keeping pace ...
Parogon Pub Group Limited, operator of seven gastropubs based in Staffordshire, has secured £2m of funding from Santander UK as part of the Coronavirus ...
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury 1 Horse Guards Road Westminster London SW1A 2HQ 2 July 2020 Dear Chancellor RE: Cash Tax ...
The BRC and Opinium have been working together to track consumer behaviours and their sentiment towards coronavirus. This research has run weekly since 1st ...
There was no shortage of damage inflicted because of the coronavirus pandemic. While it was the public’s physical health that was given top priority, the ...
Aldermore, the specialist lender, has provided a £5m, 10 year, interest only Commercial Residential Investment refinance facility to Quintain Alto Residential ...
A leading provider of specialist mobility equipment for elderly and physically disabled people, has been able to secure all the jobs of its 36 staff during ...
Leading skills organisation City & Guilds Group has today issued an urgent call on the government to redirect billions of pounds of unspent and ...
Aspen has completed a £1.2m residential bridging loan for a British Virgin Islands (BVI) company which commenced a debt restructuring programme just prior to ...
Period Covered: 01-05 June 2020 Shop prices fell by 1.6% in June compared to a decrease of 2.4% in May. This is below the 12- and 6-month average price ...
Climate change remains one of the biggest threats to our planet and society. Despite currently facing the ongoing challenges of coronavirus head on, retailers ...
Hope Capital has recorded a stronger June performance than for the same month last year, fuelling growing optimism that the market is bouncing back strongly ...
Specialist commercial finance broker, Christie Finance, has supported on the sale of two well-established Scottish Pharmacies, Eildon Pharmacy in Newtown St ...
An award-winning, family-run hotel, pub and wedding venue in Swansea is hoping to welcome patrons back in July following support from Bank of Scotland. Based ...
A group of popular Derbyshire restaurant hotels has secured a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan from Lloyds Bank to help ...
The latest monthly CIPS manufacturing PMI today reports an above neutral measure in June at 50.1. This marks a welcome return to positive sentiment. It also ...
The findings from The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) are based on research conducted in September 2019 as 5135 respondents including ...
Up to 7,500 new homes across the West Midlands are to be built on former industrial land after Boris Johnson today announced an extra £84m to expand the’ ...
A Worcestershire-based specialist steel fabrication business remains open with the support of Lloyds Bank and hopes to realise its expansion plans post-Covid ...
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (Arbuthnot Commercial ABL) has structured and delivered a flexible asset based lending (ABL) facility for Hill’ ...
Employees remain confident about their long-term career prospects despite rising job uncertainty as a result of Covid-19, according to new research by Robert ...
With Covid-19’s long-term impact on consumer behaviour still unclear, the week that high street stores reopened saw online retail sales surge by +41.3% year- ...
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £9m Group funding facility to support the re-finance of Currie European Transport Ltd, a transport and storage ...
‘Product-less’ lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has completed a £2.6m bridge-to-let loan in just nine days to a client of specialist broker, PCF ...
The re-opening of shops provided a much-needed relief for retailers in the last two weeks, as the number of companies with a negative assessment of trading ...
Covering the week 21 – 27 June 2020 UK footfall decreased 53.4% year on year during the second week of reopening in England and NI. This compares to a ...
Fifty unemployed people from North Birmingham are learning skills to help them land new jobs, thanks to funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority ) ...
Flight booking data shows London has fallen to the bottom of the top 10 most booked European cities, as border restrictions and UK quarantine regulations ...
Emerging Payments Association (EPA) – Open letter Maha El Dimachki Head of Payments Financial Conduct Authority 12 Endeavour Square London E20 1JN, UK Dear ...
The issue of data security is one that’s impacting all kinds of businesses and individuals in all kinds of ways. This is the case now more than ever because ...
Aldermore bank has appointed Iain Bryson as its new head of development and specialist property within its commercial real estate team. Iain has over 35’ ...
Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, small businesses have had to continually adapt their business models to survive. Many are facing untold challenges in the wake ...
Lendlord has launched an enhanced Property Deal Analyser as part of its portfolio management platform for landlords. The online portfolio management firm has ...
With lockdown restrictions easing further in England on 4th July, large numbers of people are returning to their jobs, but many are still on furlough and ...
The BRC and Opinium have been working together to track consumer behaviours and their sentiment towards coronavirus. This research has run weekly since 1st ...
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production was down -61.6% in May, with 810 vehicles leaving factory gates, according to the latest figures released today by the ...
‘Carsmile’, Poland’s biggest online platform for new car sales, has successfully supported its 2000th customer. By offering long term ‘remote only ‘ car ...
With a 53% growth in the last three years, an active fundraising scene, and a 20% surge in-demand during lockdown – fintech has become the poster-boy for how ...
Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has supported a management buyout (MBO) of Britdoors and JCK, two door manufacturing businesses within the System Building Products ...
The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has launched its first member newsletter to provide members and associate members with a new channel to ...
A family-owned free-range egg farm in Oxfordshire has diversified its operations to help meet a significant uplift in demand for eggs during the Covid-19 ...
UK car manufacturing output fell -95.4% in May with just 5,314 vehicles rolling off production lines, according to figures released today by the Society of ...
Trucking businesses continue to be a profitable venture in the country today. According to statistics, almost 78% of all freight in the country is carried by ...
The country’s leading Thai restaurant group has completed a £5m loan by accessing the CBIL scheme through Barclays. With 35 sites across the Midlands and ...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to bring to market Chirton Post Office in North Shields, Tyne And Wear. Chirton Post ...
Use of the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme hit an all-time high last year*, with key employees making a record £760m in gains from selling shares ...
Branded footwear retailer Charles Clinkard is set to reopen all of its stores in the coming weeks, with the support of Lloyds Bank. The Middlesbrough ...
British Salons and Barbers are preparing to re-open whilst keeping preened punters protected from the spread of Coronavirus. Following months of no revenue, ...
A much-loved independent booksellers is reopening its doors and returning to normality thanks to a six-figure loan from Lloyds Bank. Family-run Topping & ...
Schoolbooks.ie, based in Tralee, Co. Kerry, has raised over €100,000 from Linked Finance, Ireland’s leading peer-to-peer (P2P) lender. As Ireland’s largest ...
1pm plc (“1pm”), the AIM-listed independent specialist provider of finance facilities to UK SMEs, has supported its first client under the Coronavirus ...
CitySwift, a leader in big data and machine learning for the public transport sector, has closed a funding round of €2m, bringing funding to date to €3.5m. ...
The total value of construction contract awards in May 2020 was £2.4bn based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 45.9% on April and is ...
Specialist social impact lender GC Business Finance (GCBF) has provided Cumbria View Care Services with a £100,000 NPIF loan, backed by CBILS from NPIF &; ...
With doors opening on 4 July and the two-metre rule now relaxed, it will be back to business for the leisure and hospitality industry. However, this crisis ...
A Gloucestershire installer of windows, doors and conservatories is ramping up operations to meet pent up demand following the return to work on construction ...
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (“ABL”) has supported a management buyout (MBO) of Britdoors and JCK, two door manufacturing businesses within the ...
From 15 June, the UK government permitted “non-essential” retailers to re-open their doors to customers. However, early evidence from the Office of National ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has introduced a range of updates to its buy-to-let product including a series of special offers ...
Specialist finance trade body FIBA, part of The SimplyBiz Group, saw over 1000 brokers sign up for its recent series of four exclusive live webinars conducted ...
A new study by Merchant Machine has analysed the UK’s working hours to declare which industries and cities put in the most hours per week. Using ONS ASHE, ...
Employees would be prepared to be paid less to work from home according to a new survey by the Working from Home Show, which polled 1,334 people. Almost a ...
The harsh reality of the Covid crisis for the UK’s £18.6bn automotive sector is laid bare today by a new member survey from the Society of Motor Manufacturers ...
An award-winning luxury hotel on the Isle of Skye that has lost over a thousand bookings because of the Covid-19 pandemic has secured its future with the ...
United Tooling Solutions Ltd (UTS), a wholesaler of industrial tools and tooling equipment, is targeting significant growth across the UK thanks to funding ...
Restrictions on travel, introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, are slowly being eased, allowing tourism to restart in a growing number of ...
A recent study performed by global events industry leader Evendo reveals a significant decline in customer demand for “traditional” event offerings – ...
Covering the week 15 – 21 June 2020 UK footfall decreased 57.2% year on year during the first week of reopening*. This was a slight improvement on the ...
A Newport business which helped set up pop-up Tesco stores around NHS Nightingale hospitals is preparing to dial up support for retailers across the UK with ...
Specialist SME lender, Paragon has urged farmers to remain vigilant against the increased threat of purchase scams amidst the ongoing coronavirus. As a result ...
UK businesses’ cash generation has stayed worryingly low heading into the cash crunch triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, with mid-sized and smaller ...
During a week of high-level political negotiations, the prime minister and his EU counterparts have agreed to accelerate negotiations on a future trading ...
A Walsall based travel firm that has lost thousands of holiday bookings because of the COVID-19 pandemic has safeguarded its future and is continuing to ...
Specialist commercial finance broker, Christie Finance, has supported BGR Healthcare Limited, represented by husband and wife Ron and Lynne Badger, to ...
The 25 Boutique B&B, a five-star luxury boutique B&B in Torquay, Devon, has agreed a five-figure Bounce Back Loan with Santander UK to support the ...
Online retail sales were up 72% year-on-year in the UK in May according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks overall retail sales across all types of ...
Specialist lender, Shawbrook Bank, has enhanced its Property Finance division by expanding its product and proposition team with the announcement of two key ...
The BRC and Opinium have been working together to track consumer behaviours and their sentiment towards coronavirus. This research has run weekly since the ...
Local unemployed people are learning the latest construction skills using virtual reality simulators, thanks to training funded by the West Midlands Combined ...
Funding of £6.4m has been secured by The Studios24 – the first company to deliver a major co-living development in the Midlands – it was announced ...
New research on 500 furloughed full time employees in accounting and finance, reveals how over a third of their bosses are committing fraud and trying to ...
Assetz Capital has already exceeded its £500k minimum Seedrs fundraising target and now aims to secure matched investment from the government’s new ...
Hope Capital is now accepting a range of valuation types. Having previously required a full valuation on residential properties, in many circumstances they ...
UTB has been approved for accreditation by the British Business Bank as a lender for the Government backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme ) ...
Specialist SME lender Paragon is working with excavator supplier Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Ltd (HCM UK) to provide support for UK businesses. The ...
A not-for-profit organisation set up to supply Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS and UK care homes is gathering pace with the support of ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has joined Sesame and PMS’s lender panel to ramp up distribution of its buy-to-let and ridging ...
F2 Medical Supplies, which imports small-sized medical products from China and Vietnam and supplies them to dental practices in the UK, has secured a finance ...
A survey of 1,000 employees commissioned by StaffCircle, in conjunction with OnePoll, revealed that only half of employees appraisals took place since ...
New research has highlighted how UK shopping habits are shifting compared to six weeks ago, at the height of the lockdown. In particular, the number of people ...
Even after 15 June, when most non-essential shops reopened, sociable shopping will remain off-limits thanks to continuing social distancing measures. However, ...
Owners of a Hornsea-based construction company which specialises in the installation of modular buildings are cooking up plans to nurture entrepreneurial ...
An AI powered digital waiter and menu service, w8r.ai has launched to help restaurants, cafes and bars to safely re-open their doors as lockdown restrictions ...
Remote working is a permanent fixture of the global workforce, according to a pan-industry survey of senior business leaders on the future of work. A ...
Flywire, a high-growth vertical payments company, today released new research that reveals very strong consumer demand for travel post coronavirus crisis. The ...
Tregenna Castle Resort, in St Ives Cornwall has secured a £1m loan from Lloyds Bank to help secure the business’ future after the hotel, self-catering, ...
With Covid-19 lockdowns, companies are heavily relying on government schemes to support their business: 7 out of 10 UK firms have applied to the furlough ...
The Smarter Choices consortium launches a pilot aimed at UK manufacturing SMEs to overcome current barriers to energy efficiency after successfully winning ...
Vendors are re-entering the market and, most remarkably, they are pricing higher, according to Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index for June. Counter to the doom ...
During lockdown, the demand for care that is safe and conforms to government regulations has been thrust into the spotlight. It’s no surprise then that ...
A brand new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, reveals that a staggering 80% of accounting and finance professionals feel stressed ...
Hope Capital today launches a brand-new feature of its bridging loan products. The Flexible Fees product feature is aimed at borrowers who require zero lender ...
Environment Agency figures show a huge surge in fishing licence sales after the government lifted restrictions on outdoor activities. Between 13 May 2020, ...
Aqua, an independent family run group of restaurants in the south west of England, has secured £165k funding from Santander UK through the Coronavirus ...
HK Wentworth Group has successfully secured Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) funding through Santander designed to assist SMEs during the ...
Despite today’s long queues outside newly reopened stores, the home delivery expert ParcelHero is forecasting that the crowds will fall away by Wednesday, as ...
Middlesbrough-based games developer SockMonkey Studios has secured a £250,000 investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) to fund the ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund Hawkfield Homes’ latest project providing 22 new homes in the charming Gloucestershire town of Wotton-under-edge. ...
A North East trust based at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hadrian’s Wall has secured its future and potential new historic discoveries across two Roman ...
Pluto Finance has a completed a £9.7m bridge loan for the acquisition of Station House, Milton Keynes MK9, for a proposed new residential development. The 12 ...
Specialist property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to announce the sale of the Avon Gold Premier Store in Keynsham, Somerset. This Avon Gold Premier ...
Specialist property finance trade body, FIBA, has appointed Seddons to its panel of professional partners to provide legal services to FIBA members’. ...
The British Dental Association (BDA) urges the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to consider the plight of dentists in its legal process to assess the ...
As week two of England’s auto retail restart draws to a close, reports suggest a promising uplift in consumer interest in new cars, although of course it is ...
Banking and finance businesses facing the prospect of making redundancies can benefit from a new government-backed programme, which provides end-to-end ...
Mitchells & Butlers, one of the largest operators of UK restaurants, pubs and bars, has secured £100m of funding from Santander UK and HSBC UK as part of ...
A horticulture supplier aiming to capitalise on the reopening of garden centres has traded through Covid-19 with the support of a loan from Lloyds Bank. BHGS, ...
Following the reopening of the housing market in England, on the 13 May, the May 2020 RICS Residential Market Survey unsurprisingly saw a slight improvement ...
Hope Capital today launches a wholly unique bridging loan – the Hope Combi Loan. This brand-new product combines the Discounted Rate Loan with the Hope Flexi ...
London Central Portfolio (LCP) has now undertaken its own in-house analysis of the data to specifically examine what has happened in the Prime Central London ...
Benjamin James Kershaw CEO of Golden Egg Recruiting apart of The Golden Egg Group extends up to £5m payroll funding line for organisations financially ...
Sandwell Council and technology giant Amazon are the latest big employers to help the region’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 shutdown by pledging their ...
Academy Leasing (“Academy”), the specialist asset financier and part of the 1pm Group of Companies, has supported a Welsh-based cheese manufacturer ...
Construction sites have returned to work after the initial impact of coronavirus. But new research from the Centre for Policy Studies shows that they are ...
United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £10.9m Investment Term Loan for an existing customer affected by the Covid-19 lockdown. Successful property investment ...
Flexioffices have partnered with Smart Viewing to deliver a bespoke platform to the flex office space sector enabling online guided viewings. The interface ...
Last Autumn parts of the UK saw twice the average seasonal rainfall. This was followed by some of the worst winter floods in memory. A poll by Farmer’s Weekly ...
With restrictions on non-essential stores easing from 15 June, new research by industry voice SaveTheHighStreet.org reveals that only a quarter (25%) of small ...
Covering the four weeks 3 – 30 May 2020 On a total basis, sales decreased by 5.9% in May, against a decrease of 1.9% in May 2019*. This is the second ...
Around the globe, the take-up of electric cars is expected to accelerate rapidly in future, driven by consumer demand and government policies aimed at ...
A North West-based entrepreneur has secured £8.15m in funding from Cambridge & Counties Bank to refinance a portfolio of mixed-use properties as well as ...
Bridging lender Hope Capital today relaunches the flexible bridging loan, the Hope FleXi. Now part of the Hope Capital Custom Collection, the Hope FleXi is ...
Reward Finance Group’s Manchester office has reached its 100th deal by helping Warrington-based Care at Home Group (CAHG) to recruit an additional 80 carers ...
Retailers need to pay attention to changing customer demands and keep an eye on cash, if they are to avoid going into administration, say leading accounting ...
A dental business that is one of only a handful of practices in Cambridgeshire appointed to provide emergency care has secured a Lloyds Bank loan to help it ...
Road tanker specialist Abbey Logistics Group has ordered 52 tractor units from DAF and Mercedes Benz. The order follows a “significant improvement in ...
Oxford-based The Cocktail Service Ltd, a fast-growing provider of premium mobile bars for events and festivals, has secured £100,000 in new funding from ...
Paragon Bank continues to support the agricultural sector, providing a funding package to enable the growth of a Lancashire-based family farm. The farm, ...
Many specialist UK manufacturers and retailers are still suffering low or zero sales, as ‘non-essential’ stores remain closed for another gruelling ten days ...
Changes in the way that VAT is collected in the construction industry have been delayed again but should be welcomed say leading tax and advisory firm, Blick ...
Figures published this week by SMMT showed the UK new car market in freefall for a second month running, with registrations down -89.0% in May, as lockdown ...
UK workers who work across international borders may be subject to double taxation say leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg Robert Salter a director ...
Covid-19 continued to reshape the retail landscape in May, as consumers acclimatised to the enforced shift of shopping online. The UK’s second month under ...
Specialist commercial finance broker, Christie Finance, supported new entrants to the market, Mark Pulman and Louise Smalley, in the purchase of Thelbridge ...
Businesses now have just a few days to decide who is going to retain their jobs and who is not following the chancellors’ changes to the furlough scheme, say ...
A Doncaster fish merchant is working overtime to meet demand from fish and chips shops across the North of England as lockdown restrictions are eased, with ...
Pluto Finance has completed a £3.4m development exit bridge loan for Storey Homes’ Birch Meadow development in Hertfordshire. Birch Meadow is an exclusive ...
Mastercard (MA) today introduces www.ShopOpenings.com, a new online search tool that confirms which shops and businesses are open for customers to visit as ...
Covid-19 continued to dominate the attention of brokers, with ‘Covid-19: Temporary Maximum LTV Restrictions’ featuring prominently across four of the seven ...
A West Midlands manufacturer of equipment used for medical procedures in hospitals around the world, has ramped up the production of specialised procedure ...
A group of popular Derbyshire restaurant hotels has secured a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan from Lloyds Bank to help ...
Bridging lender Hope Capital today launches a new product which gives borrowers control and flexibility of their cashflow. The Discounted Rate loan is ...
Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender, has launched its new suite of buy-to-let mortgage products offering up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV). ...
Shop prices fell by 2.4% in May compared to a 1.7% decrease in April. This is below the 12- and 6-month average price decreases of 0.7% and 1.0%,. ...
The latest job market data from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, reveals that employer confidence started to pick back up in the finance ...
A holiday company says it is planning for the future and looking forward to welcoming its customers back, thanks to support from Lloyds Bank. Alfa Leisureplex ...
A South Tyneside nursery group has been able to safeguard more than 100 jobs and secure its future after receiving a new loan from Lloyds Bank. South Shields ...
Aldermore, the specialist bank, has provided capital funding to Mauveworx, a point of sale marketing company, which has moved to support the production of ...
A UK Gov & Microsoft backed Agri-tech Centre has developed AI that predicts crops’ shipment window 3x earlier than previously possible. The first proof-of ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has refreshed its unregulated bridging product suite relaunching higher LTVs up to 75% as the UK’s ...
Homeowners that buy a property that has an annexe and therefore believe they have purchased two properties and can claim stamp duty relief may be, ...
Hope Capital today launches a new product range, taking into account the needs of individual customers and catering for the needs of different borrowers and ...
In terms of its contribution to the UK economy, the wholesale, retail, maintenance and repair elements of the automotive industry are worth around £36 billion ...
An award-winning luxury hotel on the Isle of Skye that has lost over a thousand bookings because of the Covid-19 pandemic has secured its future with the ...
Savills latest Quarter One figures reveal that the Covid-19 lockdown is impacting Scotland’s development sector after a positive start to 2020, pausing ...
Responding to the chancellor’s latest announcement, Helen Dickinson OBE, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium said: “Retailers are working ...
Landbay, one of the UK’s leading buy-to-let lenders, today launches a new product range, with loan to values up to 75% LTV. Landbay, which is institutionally ...
The latest production figures, released today by SMMT, highlight just how devastating coronavirus has been for the UK automotive sector. Over the course of ...
A company vital in keeping the UK’s lights on has secured one of the earliest Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) packages. CLBILS is ...
A group of popular Derbyshire restaurant hotels has secured a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan from Lloyds Bank to help ...
The banking and finance industry is today confirming its continued support for commercial landlord customers as part of its ongoing commitment to help ...
Pluto Finance has launched a new lending product for professional landlords in the UK’s private rental sector. With loan sizes from £5m to £50m, Pluto Finance ...
Nucleus Commercial Finance has provided a £50,000 facility to Energy Angels, enabling the business to continue operating at full capacity during the crisis ...
NatWest has announced the launch of free online education sessions for 16-18 year olds, designed to help inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs, ...
Gorgie Dental is a four-surgery, mixed-income dental practice which has been established for over 100 years. The selling Partners, Stephen Clark (manager) and ...
Fiduciam, the short-term and marketplace lender, has just closed two development loans, with a total value of £2.5m, with one using its ‘Stepping Stone’. ...
Gatehouse Bank has today introduced 75% Finance to Value (FTV) limits on its Buy-to-Let and Home Purchase Plan products. This follows the Bank’s decision to ...
A new report from Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions (NYSE: AON), has examined ...
With the news that car dealerships can return to work from 1st June, Iain Robertson was keen to discover what it felt like on the frontline and offered his ...
Leading UK invoice finance firm Optimum Finance has launched a support service designed for firms in the healthcare sector called Optimum Medic. Optimum Medic ...
New research from Aldermore, the specialist bank, reveals how the Covid-19 pandemic is hugely impacting small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in different ...
A family run fruit and vegetable wholesaler has launched a delivery service offering an expanded range of products to homes across Scotland’s Central Belt, ...
Retail figures for April released by the ONS highlight how much retailers need to change the way they do business says leading tax and advisory firm Blick ...
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has formed an Advanced Manufacture in Construction (AMC) advisory group to support the delivery of much needed, ...
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “Many retailers are eagerly looking forward to reopening stores from 15th June ...
Aspen is continuing to lead the bridging market’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by increasing its maximum LTV to 75%, raising its top loan amount to ...
Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales estimates for April will result in the extinction of many much-loved stores, fears the UK home delivery ...
A Glasgow-headquartered construction firm will continue to put safety first across its UK sites post-lockdown with the support of Bank of Scotland. PVP ...
For the first time in history the government had paid out more in VAT than it collects, say tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg Alan Pearce, a partner at ...
Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that retailers will be able to begin reopening next month, Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the ...
During April new car registrations fell by -97.3%, a direct result of showroom closures and consumers staying home during lockdown. Not only is this bad news ...
On the whole the Covid-19 crisis has not been such a disaster for the farming sector as it has for many other industries. It is fair to say that countryside ...
The total value of construction contract awards in April 2020 was £4.4 billion based on a three-month rolling average. This is a decrease of 36.4% on March ...
Travel agencies and tour operators are the worst hit of all major industries by the coronavirus crisis, with turnover of the sector in the UK falling 56%£ ...
Zephyr Homeloans has resumed physical valuations following the removal of government restrictions on inspections. The specialist buy-to-let lender says that ...
Stan Chem International, a company most notable for its contract manufacturing to top health & beauty brands, and supply of raw materials to chemical, ...
Savills, on behalf of OCS Group Limited, has sold the freehold of Caxton House in Pentwyn, Cardiff and secured two new local premises for the international ...
The coronavirus has forced many older shoppers to buy online regularly for the first time. As lockdown loosens, ParcelHero says internet retailers must do ...
Independent Leicestershire-based family business Everards has successfully secured a £5m Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) from Lloyds. ...
Aspen Bridging has been appointed to Beneficial network’s Specialist Mortgage Lender Panel with immediate effect, and will assist the network’s 120 ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has made a series of updates to its buy-to-let product range as valuations are permitted to go ...
A leading medical equipment manufacturer increased its production capacity and workforce to help NHS Nightingale hospitals care for patients fighting the ...
A chocolate producer whose products are enjoyed by visitors to tourist attractions throughout Europe, has secured a six-figure funding package from Lloyds ...
Covering the four weeks 5 April – 2 May 2020 UK footfall decreased by 84.7% in April, due to the mandatory lockdown. This was a record decline for the ...
VAS Panel has launched Project Monitoring, a new service which utilises its market-leading valuation panel management platform to provide property and ...
According to an exclusive new study from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, the majority (56.5%) of finance professionals are worried about ...
One in ten businesses in the wholesale and retail sector (9%) are facing imminent collapse as they state they will not survive another month of the lockdown, ...
Baldwins Group, one of the UK’s fastest growing accountancy and business advisory firms, is pleased to announce it is partnering with leading UK universities ...
A regional housebuilder has been able to support its future with a multi-million-pound Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan from Lloyds ...
Paragon Bank is continuing its support of residential development projects across London, providing an £11.8m funding package to EquaGroup to assist with the ...
Online shopping has outstripped all other forms of spending over the past month, with more than half of UK shoppers (57%) saying they are shopping online more ...
The 10-bedroom inn offers en suite accommodation, breakfast room and lounge for guests to enjoy, along with a public bar and restaurant for around 70 patrons. ...
The UK automotive manufacturing sector today announced its preparedness to get production lines rolling again, with the publication of new sector-specific ...
United Trust Bank responds to the Government relaxing Covid-19 rules surrounding house moves and the news that some surveyors are preparing to recommence in ...
RICS UK Residential Market Survey, April 2020 With the market having been effectively closed for business, 80% of the April RICS UK Residential survey’s ...
Just over a year on from securing a six-figure funding solution, an Essex-based air conditioning and refrigeration contractor has happily parted ways with its ...
Following the UK’s first full month under lockdown, April’s online retail sales results have signalled a seismic shift in purchasing patterns. As Covid-19 ...
Developer Southern Grove has today announced plans to build a £80m GDV mixed-use residential and office complex in London’s Canada Water. The Brooklyn will ...
On National Numeracy Day, new research shows that young women are discounting careers in financial services, due to a lack of confidence with numbers, amongst ...
A family-run Harrogate restaurant that has turned to making takeaway deliveries to survive the COVID-19 pandemic has secured a ‘bounce back’ loan from Lloyds ...
A dental business that is one of only a handful of practices in Cambridgeshire appointed to provide emergency care has secured a Lloyds Bank loan to help it ...
Covering the four weeks 5 April – 2 May 2020 On a total basis, sales decreased by 19.1% in April, against an increase of 2.4% in April 2019. This is the ...
Consumer spending contracted by 36.5% year-on-year in April, showing the impact of ongoing social distancing measures. Data from Barclaycard, which sees ...
LendInvest, the UK’s leading platform for property finance, has launched an exclusive one year fixed rate product, ‘BTL Plus’, via a select panel of key ...
From a survey of over 500 pub owners undertaken by the Forum of Private Business (FPB), nearly 4 out of every 10 report that they are less than confident of ...
A social care provider has been able to continue delivering vital services to vulnerable people across Norfolk amid the coronavirus crisis after receiving ...
Figures published by SMMT this week showed that the UK new car market fell by -97.3% in April, the worst performance since just after WW2 when rationing was ...
Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping provider, today released new data that tracks how UK consumer purchasing habits have evolved while under ...
The government has announced a consultation that could significantly impact the VAT accounting treatment for online market places (“OMP”) and possibly ...
The British Retail Consortium is proud to announce its new partnership with the Local Data Company to create the BRC-LDC Vacancy Monitor. The launch coincides ...
‘Product-less’ lender, Octane Capital, today announced it has completed on a £1m auction bridge for a client of London-based broker, GI Solutions. When Octane ...
Businesses will soon be planning to reopen and get their employees back to work after the government announces the new workplace rules later this week. These ...
Subcontractors are entering the most challenging period of the COVID-19 outbreak according to Jim Davis, managing director for construction finance at Bibby ...
UK new car registrations declined -97.3% in April, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This marked ...
SME manufacturing output fell at the quickest pace in over a decade in the quarter to April, according to the latest CBI SME Trends Survey. This sharp fall is ...
Nucleus Commercial Finance has provided a £1.3m facility to steelwork specialist firm Leyton Group, enabling the business to take on larger projects and ...
Thanks to an investigation by RN Magazine editor Jack Courtez and Ian Sloan of Bankier Sloan, small businesses will receive an extra £617m in grants to help ...
A Liverpool-based chemical technology company that is helping in the fight against dementia, cancer and respiratory illnesses has secured £2.25m in a funding ...
One of the UK’s largest vehicle recycling businesses is set to continue supporting essential services clients, including Royal Mail, with the support of ...
Legal & General Modular Homes announces that it has gained planning consent to deliver 154 homes, using modular construction, at an eight acre site on ...
Harley Street Dental Studio, a purpose built multi-disciplinary dental clinic, which provides general and cosmetic dentistry, smile makeovers, orthodontics ...
Colchester based business Pallet Plus, which collects and delivers palletised freight and goods in the UK, Ireland and Europe, has agreed a working capital ...
This week, SMMT released UK automotive production figures for March which highlight the extreme test the sector is facing. Amid coronavirus-led UK plant ...
The zero rating of e-books is welcome at time when more people are reading on line, but not all e-publications will benefit, say leading tax and advisory firm ...
A Worcestershire-based specialist kitchen worktop manufacturer has been able to protect jobs and bolster its cashflow position during lockdown with the ...
An Edinburgh garden centre and tearoom is brightening up lockdown for its customers by offering a delivery service during the Coronavirus crisis, thanks to ...
Gener8 Finance, the invoice finance provider to small businesses across the UK, have supported a fashion and textile manufacturer with a £400,000 cashflow ...
Local people are learning specialist skills for essential work to maintain the country’s infrastructure, thanks to new training funded by the West Midlands ...
Van insurance premiums reached a record £1,881 last month, the latest analysis from insurance market experts Consumer Intelligence shows. Its Van Insurance ...
The CBI’s monthly Distributive Trades Survey (conducted between 27 March 2020 and 15 April 2020) reveals that retailers expect a similar pace of decline in ...
RICS urges government to re-examine commercial use classes to aid flexibility of use going forward, as the Q1 2020 RICS UK Commercial Survey results point to ...
Developer Southern Grove has today revealed details of its first autonomous, city centre apartment hotel. The £5m scheme, named ‘The Workshops’, represents a ...
A local independent pub group has secured a £250,000 loan through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) from Lloyds Bank to help it to ...
Simply, the SME lender, has helped Swanage Taxis Ltd, operating as Linkrider Coaches, restructure its finance agreements to ensure that it can weather the ...
A South Staffordshire-based wine producer and retailer has been able to expand its production and has diversified its operations during the coronavirus ...
Period covered: 01 – 07 April 202 Shop prices fell by 1.7% in April compared to a 0.8% decrease in March. This is below the 12- and 6-month average ...
“On 27 April an article was published on the Business Money website news page under the heading ‘Forum of Private Business celebrates as ...
An SME civil engineering firm that has worked on projects at St Paul’s Cathedral and The Oval cricket ground has safeguarded jobs amid widespread construction ...
Aspen Bridging has completed a £225k residential bridging loan in just 10 days, using its desktop valuations system to circumnavigate the current surveying ...
The owner of a vehicle rescue and recovery firm says the business he built up from a single truck to a fleet of 75 was facing the end of the road when the ...
Dame Sharon White, the chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, is currently looking at new retail opportunities beyond the department store and Waitrose Food ...
‘Product-less’ lender, Octane Capital, today announced that it has completed on a £7.5m developer exit loan to a client of Alpe Capital secured against a ...
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Business Barometer. The steep decline illustrates the impact the measures to contain the pandemic is having on UK businesses. ...
Legal & General announces that it is investing £150m into Sheffield’s West Bar Square development to deliver the first phase of this substantial mixed-use ...
Know the Origin sells ethically sourced clothing for men and women, as well as environmentally conscious living products such as bamboo toothbrushes to help ...
Research has revealed that a colossal 92% of UK adults have changed their shopping habits due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with e-commerce emerging as retail’s ...
On 23 March, the government stepped up measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including the temporary closure of all business premises deemed non ...
A key priority for SMMT, our members and the industry as a whole has been ensuring the promised provision of liquidity from the government to businesses ...