As the UK exits Europe and looks now to negotiate the environment in which businesses will have the opportunity to grow and prosper, the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) is calling on the government to look favourably on the schemes that encourage UK investors to support new businesses. Director general of the EISA, Mark Brownridge, […]
Ultimate Finance, is today announcing the launch of its structured finance proposition providing a streamlined solution for UK businesses to release working capital and invest in their growth. Structured finance from Ultimate Finance will enable introducers to connect their clients to tailored, multi-asset funding solutions of between £350k and £5m against several assets simultaneously, such […]
Confirmation this week of the turbulence we all felt in 2019, with UK car production down -14.2% to its lowest level since 2010, and commercial vehicle output down -7.8%. There were multiple factors at play, including weakened consumer and business confidence, slower demand in key overseas markets, significant model changeovers and a shift from diesel […]
Cynergy Bank, the specialist lender for business owner, property entrepreneurs and family businesses, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Edinburgh which will support customers throughout Scotland. As part of the Bank’s growth strategy, the new office which is the first in Scotland, will provide customers and who are investing, developing […]
RSM’s corporate finance team has climbed the M&A advisory league table, moving up from third to second place in the 2019 list of the most active M&A financial advisers in the UK. Overall, RSM advised on 166 completed deals in calendar year 2019, 8% up on 2018, according to the latest Experian data. This was […]
A fund set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to enable more local small and medium-sized businesses to take on apprentices and upskill their staff has hit a new milestone. The WMCA set up the Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Fund to cover the costs of training apprentices at smaller businesses, through larger organisations donating […]
Provided with an early opportunity to review the latest Seat Leon, Iain Robertson admits that it took a ‘double-take’ to appreciate that it is a completely new model, so similar are its lines, dimensions and visual clues but they are present in abundance. Owners of brands of known quantity and quality have a major nightmare […]
Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has delivered a bespoke all-asset funding package to support the acquisition of Pen Cutting Tools Ltd by Threesixty Holdco 2 Ltd, an investment vehicle owned by John Whitfield, Peter Raybould and Simon Ling. The facility, which consists of receivables finance, plant & machinery, property and cashflow funding, will also provide on-going working […]
Alternative SME credit specialist Caple has helped iPLATO, the UK HealthTech company, to access a multimillion pound eight-year unsecured loan. Caple offers access to unsecured lending of up to £5m. iPLATO, which simplifies access to healthcare for millions of people with its “myGP” platform and app, will use the loan to invest in its technology […]
RBS announced a new £1bn in funding through NatWest to support female entrepreneurs in the UK to scale and grow – the largest intervention by a UK lender focused specifically on female-led businesses. The bank has also announced that it is setting a target to support and inspire 500K people to consider starting a business […]
