Simply, the SME lender, has helped Swanage Taxis Ltd, operating as Linkrider Coaches, restructure its finance agreements to ensure that it can weather the current COVID-19 storm and continue trading. Linkrider Coaches is a family-run firm that provides student and private coach hire services to the whole of Dorset and the south coast. Established 35 […]
Create Central, the industry-led body set up in late 2019 has secured £2m of investment to deliver a programme of activities to help turbo charge the West Midlands film, TV and games sector. Create Central has been awarded £1m through the BFI’s National Cluster Growth Fund using National Lottery money to deliver a long term […]
A Cardiff-based business can continue designing and building sets for West End productions post-lockdown with the support of Lloyds Bank. Bay Productions, which works with renowned opera and theatre producers including Cameron Mackintosh and the English National Opera, has secured a six-figure funding package via the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The funding will […]
A family-run bed shop trading in Hampshire for more than 30 years has safeguarded jobs amid the coronavirus crisis with a five-figure emergency loan from longstanding banking partner Lloyds Bank. Ian Cleary has been running Forty Winks Bed Co. in Farnborough for three decades, having started the business with his father when he was just […]
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, many hotel and travel businesses have refused to refund holidaymakers, with some left out of pocket for large sums. This week a UK family who booked a £17,000 chalet in France were told that they could not re-book, or receive a refund even though they could not […]
It’s predicted that as many as a million local businesses may not survive a four-week-long coronavirus lockdown. As the isolation period stretches onwards, many formerly profitable restaurants, shops and other local businesses fear they may never re-open their doors. But a new local business voucher scheme could come to the rescue of many popular local […]
A holiday company that received standing ovations for getting its customers home safe says it is determined to come back stronger than ever, thanks to support from Lloyds Bank. The Alfa Leisureplex Group takes over 115,000 people on holiday every year with a fleet of 48 state of the art modern tourist coaches and 22 […]
The UK government has allocated £330 billion to businesses for pandemic relief. This is the base amount; the government has made it clear that more will be allocated as needed. Small and struggling businesses are rejoicing over this bailout, but of course it comes with conditions. Accountants are now relied upon to ensure that these conditions are […]
