Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has completed on the sale of what was formerly The Old Hall care home in Send, Surrey, to Barchester Healthcare. The Old Hall care home was previously owned by The Geoghegan Group, which purchased it as a trading care home registered for 39 service users through Christie & […]
The Bank of London, the next-generation technology company and the world’s first purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, today announced the appointment of Felipe Hillard as its chief customer & product officer (CCPO) & Member of the Bank’s Executive Management Committee. As CCPO, Hillard will be responsible for the bank’s overall client and product […]
Suros Capital, the luxury asset lender, has completed a short term loan of £100,000 for a US based wine collector, who has taken advantage of his current wine collection by using part of it as security to borrow funds to invest in more fine wine. It is estimated that wine has increased in value by […]
Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter during Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS), as pressure on the supply of rental properties during the pandemic continues. The UK’s largest protector of deposits said average rents reached £834 during the final three months of 2021, an increase of £16 (1.96%) […]
Linked Finance, Ireland’s leading peer-to-peer (P2P) digital lending platform, has launched a new ‘Open Banking’ platform service for Irish SMEs who need fast, secure and efficient access to finance to drive business growth as the economy reopens. The addition of open banking to the application process will allow Irish SMEs to share their bank account […]
Regency Factors Ltd one of the UK’s leading invoice finance and factoring companies is pleased to announce that over £90m was paid out to UK SME’s in 2021 with our bespoke invoice finance solutions. Ensuring that our clients were supporting throughout 2021 by releasing the cash tied up in their unpaid invoices. “Through the relationship […]
Allica Bank has delivered its first commercial mortgage within its recently launched healthcare division, enabling the purchase of a 21-room, Shropshire-based care home. Hartlands Rest Home, a residential and dementia care home based in Oswestry, has been providing elderly care to the local community for over 35 years. The home has performed […]
Professional services company Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group has appointed Rebecca Salt to its Reach Commercial Finance division to support UK operations. Rebecca has taken up a business development team role in the Birmingham office covering the Midlands, with a remit to meet the region’s ongoing demand for commercial finance expertise. She will play a […]
Hodge has seen a 173% increase in the number of holiday let mortgage applications in 2021 compared with 2020, according to new figures. The new data also found the average holiday let property mortgaged by Hodge has also increased year on year by £50,000 and now sits at £404,000. Coastal locations are still the most […]
A survey of leading global banks by Icon Solutions has revealed that Request to Pay is widely expected to challenge established payment methods, with 87% of respondents viewing it as a good alternative to direct debits and 71% expecting it will reduce merchant’s dependency on payment cards. Yet 67% also identify bank readiness as the […]
