The latest figures from Morgan Mckinley’s Quarterly London Employment Monitor reveal that the City has weathered the worst of 2020’s difficult year. Brexit, the pandemic, and a change in the US president had all been predicted to inflict untold damage at the heart of the UK’s financial sector, yet, the employment figures tell a different […]
Given the business, economic and political uncertainty that has endured for the past decade, augmented by the 2020 pandemic, it is tough to justify any aspect of business complacency. Yet it is apparent that a lack of knowledge within the accountancy profession – and a reluctance to engage with subjective advisory matters, such as government […]
Bank of Ireland UK has extended its commitment to fast-track payments to its SME suppliers to the end of 2021 to help ease cash flow pressures on businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first wave of the pandemic, the Bank committed to reducing standard payment terms from 30 days to within five days for its SME suppliers. With the change announced today, […]
Watford, Winchester, and Camden feature in the top ten locations for scaling businesses in the UK, while Newcastle, Ipswich and Lewisham have the lowest densities of scaleups relative to their populations. That’s according to a new analysis published today by Cynergy Bank. The findings come as the bank’s chief executive, Nick Fahy, warns that the […]
London Central Portfolio (LCP) issues its 2020 lettings report reflecting on trends seen in a market adapting to a global pandemic. This report analyses the performance of rental units in LCP’s managed portfolio in prime London. New tenants in 2020 by region (%) Travel restrictions resulted in a smaller proportion of new tenants arriving from […]
Specialist lender Together has hired a highly-experienced industry professional as a regional account manager for the North. James Briggs, who has worked in the specialist market for more than two decades, brings a wealth of knowledge of the industry to his new role, which begins this week. Previously, he has held senior positions for specialist […]
Adam, who joins from Affirmative Finance where he held the title of relationship manager, will be responsible for growing the business’s development finance offering including the introduction of a sector focused broker education programme. Previously he held the position of business development manager at Together. Adam said: “The development finance market in the UK continues […]
Three Shires Ltd, specialist contractors to the construction industry, has been supported with £1.5m in refinance and working capital funding by leading alternative finance provider for mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats. Previously Three Shires had a revolving ID facility with another funder which was subsequently lost due to the funder going into liquidation. Three Shires Ltd provides […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of The Court Nursing and Residential Care Home in West Felton, Shropshire. The Court is a former nursing home comprising 34 single bedrooms in a detached three-storey building with a single-storey purpose-built extension. It is situated in the village of West Felton, Shropshire, approximately […]
MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand the range of building societies on its panel by adding the regional lender, Swansea Building Society. Swansea Building Society offers a personalised tailored common-sense approach to lending with no credit scoring where all cases are manually underwritten. The society’s product range caters for the self-employed, doctors, dentists, professionals, key […]
