Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has restructured into East and West divisions in order to efficiently manage its growth, with changes taking effect this week. The firm has grown at least 20% every year over the past seven years and the changes enable Just Mortgages to provide additional support to its employed brokers. The two […]
ECI Partners, the leading growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, today announces five promotions across its investment, origination and commercial teams. This news comes following a strong 2021 performance, delivering multiple successful exits throughout the year. Rory Nath and Isa Maidan have been promoted to investment director within the investment team. Rory played an integral role […]
Portfolio Manager – ABL – South East A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join one of the fastest growing providers of Asset Based Lending in the UK. Based from their offices in Surrey, you will be responsible for the day to day management of a portfolio of around 15 high value Asset Based Lending facilities […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Alex Cooper as specialist motor finance – lead business development manager within its asset finance sales team with the specific objective of continuing to grow the Bank’s high value car business. UTB’s aim is to become the ‘go to’ high value car funder for brokers valuing direct access to […]
Specialist lender 365 Business Finance, a funder of small to medium sized businesses across the UK, has reported a 90% increase in merchant cash advance renewals in 2021, compared to the previous year. Putting this increase into context, there has been a 40% rise in renewals when comparing 2021 to pre-pandemic times in 2019. The […]
Barclays has joined together with fellow investors Techstart Ventures, Rafał Brzoska, and Sarah Friar in a $6.6m Seed Round of investment capital in RESPONSIBLE, creators of the world’s first embedded finance platform in fashion. This round of funding will be used to expand RESPONSIBLE’s reach throughout Europe and extend its network of brand partnerships. This […]
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investment manager Deepbridge Capital has today announced that it has now deployed over £100m of capital via the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS fund. The Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS was launched in 2013 as one of the first growth-focused technology EIS funds, providing private investors with access to a portfolio of early-stage […]
Inflation in the OECD area surged to 5.8% in the 12 months to November 2021, compared with 5.2% in October, and just 1.2% in November 2020, reaching the highest rate since May 1996. The rise was particularly marked in the United States, where year-on-year inflation climbed from 6.2% in October to 6.8% in November, the […]
Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance provided funding of more than £1.9bn to UK SMEs in 2021, with over 1,300 new facilities to help keep business moving. During a time when businesses still felt the effects of Covid-19, the lender has remained committed to providing access to cashflow and funding solutions, resulting in strong growth of […]
Santander UK has today launched its latest programme to bolster its support for businesswomen across the UK – the Women Business Leaders’ mentoring programme. Designed to support women in business across the UK, the mentoring programme pairs budding female entrepreneurs with established business leaders across all sectors, business sizes and geographies. The bank is calling […]
