#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. ...