Hope Capital has today announced that the first half of 2023-24 was its most successful period to date, with a series of impressive records reported. During the six months, year on year enquiries increased by 86%, applications were up by 101% and completions grew by 106%, compared to the same period last year. The lender […]
Digital payments expert, PayPoint, has launched Confirmation of Payer or Payer Name Verification service to its suite of open banking solutions. Confirmation of Payer enables businesses to confirm that account information provided by a payer corresponds to the account number, sort code, and name registered with the bank. It can be used when setting up […]
Business confidence remains rocky among start-ups and SMEs ahead of the Bank of England’s projected fourteenth straight interest rate rise, according to a survey from the Institute of Directors (IoD). The bout of rising interest rates and higher prices has led to business confidence remaining at minus 30 points, a one-point rise from June’s measure […]
Navigate Commercial Finance is celebrating its second year in Birmingham, during which the team has seen £200m of funding requirements across the Midlands. Navigate Commercial Finance acting as its clients outsourced commercial finance team, has helped secure new funding facilities for 64 Midlands-based businesses across a wide variety of sectors, with the top three being […]
The tax team at regional chartered accountancy firm Albert Goodman has expanded to accommodate their latest team member, chartered accountant and senior manager, Sam Wood. Working at the UK’s leading specialist research & development (“R&D”) tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown Limited in Bristol for nearly five years, Sam is armed with general practice experience across accounts, […]
Prime office rents in Riyadh have growth by 13% over the last 12-months, fuelled in part by the looming regional HQ programme deadline, which goes into effect in January 2024, according to global real estate consultancy, Knight Frank’s Summer 2023 Saudi Commercial Market Review Faisal Durrani, partner – head of Middle East research, explained: “Corporates […]
Ideagen Audit Analytics releases its annual review of Audit fee trends, which analyses data on audit and non-audit fees from over the past 20 years. It found that the finance industry paid the second highest amount of audit fees per $1m of revenue. The report analyses year on year changes in auditor fees and explores […]
Reward Finance Group has appointed David Owen as business development director to elevate Reward’s profile as a prominent alternative finance provider in Wales and the South West. David brings over two decades’ financial services experience, eight of which were focussed on specialist finance. He joins Reward, a leading provider of tailored business finance loans and […]
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced a refresh of its buy-to-let and owner-occupier ‘specials’ product range to incorporate rate reductions of up to 0.35%. For buy-to-let, Foundation has reduced its five-year fixed rate F1 Portfolio Landlord special by 0.35%. This now comes with a headline rate of 6.09%, a 4% fee […]
Simply Asset Finance, the specialist business lending provider, has announced H1 2023 profits of £3.2m. In a strong first half of the year, the business also increased its revenues to £24.8m and expanded its national reach with the opening of a new office in Liverpool. The past five years have seen Simply Asset Finance’s compound […]
