Throughout the pandemic, financial institutions have been rolling out solutions to accommodate the newly-found market needs for contactless, faster, more well-rounded products. To ensure this innovation goes hand-in-hand with the red tape, Marius Galdikas, CEO at ConnectPay, urges market players to re-evaluate their current compliance efforts as it is essential for controlling an organization’s exposure […]
Local and national government need to empower the retail and leisure sector to save the British high street, say leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. Mark Hart head of retail at the firm said: “The announcement by BooHoo that it has purchased the Debenhams brand is yet another example of an online business buying […]
Together’s Sundeep Patel is stepping up to become the specialist lender’s new director of sales as part of a restructure of its intermediary team. Sundeep, who has been with the finance company since 2018, will start his new role this week and takes responsibility for an experienced team to build further opportunities with the specialist […]
Small and medium sized businesses that have suffered due to Covid-19 don’t expect to recover to pre-pandemic levels until summer 2022, according to new research published by Santander UK. With the UK now well into a vaccination programme that many hope will enable the economy to start reopening, ongoing cashflow issues and a decline in […]
Two Lanarkshire brothers have pursued their lifelong dream of opening a microbrewery thanks to Business Gateway support. Launched in November 2020 by brothers Ronnie and Kenny Lees, Outlandish Brewing Company launched its first range of Scottish craft beers in December 2020. Inspired by Scottish slang and humour, the beers are named after local lingo phrases […]
nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, today announced that specialist banking provider Cynergy Bank has adopted the nCino Bank Operating System to support its SME lending processes, following a successful deployment of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) with the company last year. The bank is leveraging the nCino platform to elevate digital banking for its customers and provide its employees with […]
If you are eager to ensure the longevity of your business, there’s one variable that you need to focus on more and that’s levels of flexibility. It’s absolutely essential that your business can mould and adapt to quick changes on the market. In doing so, you will keep your company competitive and ensure the longevity […]
Fiduciam is extending its relationship with car manufacturer TVR through a further three-year £2m loan, under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Fiduciam has been a financial backer of TVR’s project to launch a new car since 2016. In March 2016 Fiduciam granted a £6 million credit facility to TVR to allow it to […]
In less than nine years’ time, the most significant change in the UK’s transport strategy will occur with ‘E-Day’ but Iain Robertson is increasingly concerned that the UK is neither willing, nor ready for it, as he digs into worryingly poor installation quality. According to our government, the big EV switch-on day is set to […]
The property services industry stand to lose billions of pounds due to collapsed deals in the coming months due to the imminent stamp duty holiday cliff-edge, which threatens to deliver a considerable blow to the property market and the wider economy. According to property analysts Twentyci, one in five of the 457,358 purchases made subject […]
