The UK has now been in an enforced lockdown for ten weeks, with very little clarity on how and when normal life will resume. But business owners have been taking matters into their own hands, proactively pivoting and innovating their standard services to maintain the British economy and, in turn, keep the nation going. Keep […]
Allica Bank, the bank that seeks to empower small and medium-sized businesses, has today announced the appointment of Matthew Oakes as head of Prudential Risk. It is a significant hire for the growing bank as it continues its expansion across the UK. In his new role, Matthew will have oversight of Allica’s prudential regulatory obligations […]
Asset-based lending specialist, BREAL Zeta Commercial Finance, has bolstered its team with the appointment of regional business development Director, Geraint Regan. BREAL Zeta CF is affiliated to a global credit fund that has $33bn of assets under management. The company offers structured asset-based lending facilities up to a £150m hold level that provide working capital […]
Operis, a leading advisor in project and infrastructure finance, has appointed Erwan Fournis as head of Financial Advisory. Fournis joins from DIF Capital Partners where he managed infrastructure investments in the UK and Ireland, and participated in a strategic review of renewable energy investments in Australia. He was previously at Dalmore Capital and InfraRed Capital […]
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 support of Bank of Scotland. Kinloch Lodge, a family-run 19-bedroom hotel, relies heavily on revenue from international tourists so the ban on overseas travel hit it hard. Some […]
Savills latest Quarter One figures reveal that the Covid-19 lockdown is impacting Scotland’s development sector after a positive start to 2020, pausing housebuilding and slowing the new build sales market, despite pent up demand. However the strategic development land market has been less immediately effected as it is based on longer time horizons, according to […]
Tilney and Smith & Williamson are pleased to announce that they have agreed a revised transaction structure for their proposed merger. The merged group will be known as Tilney Smith & Williamson and will be the UK’s leading integrated wealth management and professional services business. As part of the revised transaction, funds advised by Warburg […]
A new international study of over 6,000 respondents from smart money app, Yolt, has quantified the impact of the coronavirus on adults’ financial income in the UK, France and Italy. Consumers in the UK, Italy and France saw their income considerably reduced in April compared to March. In the UK, 39% of consumers confirmed that […]
Ever keen to introduce you to some of the world’s most novel forms of transport, Iain Robertson, no fan of SUVs, believes that the ultimate off-roader is produced by a Czech manufacturer with aspirations for greatness and recent recipient of a German Red Dot design award. With a design base in the Ukraine, a manufacturing […]
IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has welcomed the announcement that the government is extending the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) until August. However, IPSE has also warned that the government has “patently forgotten” groups like limited company directors and the newly self-employed and urged it to do more for them. The […]
