Esme wants to be lending £1bn a year to small business within few years
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Esme Loans, the NatWest-backed digital lending platform for SMEs and scale-up businesses, wants to be lending £1bn annually within a few years....
View ArticleB-North to open national small business bank by end-2020
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business EXCLUSIVE: B-North plans to open a national network of small business-only bank offices across England by the end of 2020. The start-up bank,...
View ArticleFour fintechs share £40m funding pot to boost small business finance
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Four fintechs have been awarded £40m between them to address the £10bn funding gap caused by the lack of small business finance. The £40m is part...
View ArticleThinCats to lend £400m to growth companies by end-2020
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business EXCLUSIVE: ThinCats, the growth-business lender, wants to be lending £400m a year to cash-starved scale-up companies by the end of 2020. The loan...
View ArticleGovernment launches Business Finance Council to help small businesses
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business The Government has established a Business Finance Council to help small businesses access funding once the UK has left the European Union....
View ArticleWhat is Newable and how can it help grow my business?
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Small business locations Small business advice Business Finance Newable Business finance Newable Private Investing Newable Scale-Up Fund 3 Newable...
View ArticleKnight Capital to open London office offering small business loans
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business EXCLUSIVE: Knight Capital, the Malaysian small business financier, is opening a London office to finance British small businesses. Kuala...
View ArticleHSBC adds billions to its £14bn small business loan fund ahead of Brexit
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business HSBC has added another £2bn to the £14bn pot of its small business loan fund, which it launched this time last year. The bank says the increased...
View ArticleCo-operative Bank to revolutionise small business banking offer
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business EXCLUSIVE: The Co-operative Bank plans to expand its Co-op small business banking offer over the next year following its £15m grant funded by RBS....
View ArticleCashplus plans to lend £400m to small business from next year
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business EXCLUSIVE: Cashplus, one of Britain’s longest-established digital challenger banks, plans to lend £400m to small businesses over five years. The...
View ArticleAlternative Business Funding looking to raise £6m to fund expansion
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Alternative Business Funding, the comparison site for small business finance, is trying to raise £6m to fund its expansion. ABF, which to date has...
View ArticleMarketFinance plans to offer up to £1m in business loans
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business MarketFinance has entered the business loan market and plans to lend up to £1m apiece to businesses to businesses over the coming months. Formerly...
View ArticlePraetura £40m SME fund plans to double in size by end-2021
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Praetura plans to extend its new £40m fund to all small businesses following its launch targeting solely professional services firms....
View Article4 ways to solve the small business productivity puzzle
Originally written by Dominic Buch on Growth Business The last decade has shown that the UK is a great place to start a business. As we move into the 2020s, the next 10 years must be focused on how we...
View ArticleDemand for finance from small business flat at best
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Demand for finance from Britain’s 5.9m small businesses was flat at best in 2019 with big falls in peer-to-peer lending and equity investments....
View ArticleSmall businesses blindsided by Growth Street demanding its money back
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Dozens of small businesses that borrowed money from peer-to-peer lending platform Growth Street have been told they must repay their loans. Growth...
View ArticleDuke Royalty plans to lend £60m to businesses this year
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Growth Business Innovative finance product for established firms continues to have sector to itself, with £100m tied up in 11 companies
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HSBC adds billions to its £14bn small business loan fund ahead of Brexit
By Timothy Adler on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success HSBC has added another £2bn to the £14bn pot of its small business loan fund, which it launched this time last year. The...
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Co-operative Bank to revolutionise small business banking offer
By Timothy Adler on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success EXCLUSIVE: The Co-operative Bank plans to expand its Co-op small business banking offer over the next year following its...
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Cashplus plans to lend £400m to small business from next year
By Timothy Adler on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success EXCLUSIVE: Cashplus, one of Britain’s longest-established digital challenger banks, plans to lend £400m to small businesses...
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