Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Plymouth Orthodontics Limited to expanding dental group, Portman Dental Care. Plymouth Orthodontics Limited, a specialist orthodontic practice in the popular Plymouth suburb of Mannamead, occupies a two-storey, former residential property. It has been owned by principal, Dr Sanjay Kumar, since 2008 and has […]
The spread between the average maximum and minimum loan available to buy-to-let mortgage applicants is more than double the spread in the residential market. This is according to data from Mortgage Broker Tools, which found that the average maximum loan available to residential customers in February was £235,475, whereas the average minimum loan was £136,000 […]
MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland (“MML Ireland”) announces today (16 March 2021) that it has successfully closed its second private equity investment fund at €135m. The MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland Fund 2 (“Fund 2”) has been supported by leading investors including British Business Investments, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), AIB Bank, the European […]
SME credit fintech Caple has launched a new loan product exclusively for management teams that want to acquire an SME through a management buy-in (MBI). Caple is able to offer access to MBI finance through its collaboration with Shawbrook Bank, the specialist SME lender. MBIs for larger SMEs, or the 36,000 UK firms turning over […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of a pair of freehold dental investments in Cumbria and Northumberland which took just seven weeks from launch to conclusion. The properties occupy prominent trading positions in Wigton town centre in Cumbria and Darras Hall in Northumberland – the latter of which is generally […]
Tech Nation, the leading scaleup accelerator, has today announced the release of its annual Tech Nation Report, the ultimate state-of-the-nation report on the UK tech sector. In its 7th year, the report lifts the lid on tech in an extraordinary 2020, revealing how the sector has changed, who the top performers were through the year, […]
Bathgate Business Finance has brokered £150k funding to support the growth of a logistics venture that sprung out of the Covid-19 crisis, after securing sector giant DHL as a client. The West Kirby-based finance firm worked with specialist funder Zodeq to sanction a £150k invoice finance line for Lets Logistics, to reduce the impact of […]
The MCI Club has launched an innovative payment and processing package for all existing and new members of the mortgage club. This package, which will be wrapped up in a single stable monthly fee, is designed to increase each member’s revenue potential through market leading rebates paid at the end of each month; and incorporates […]
B-North, the Manchester-based firm building a regional SME lending bank for the UK, will receive a £4.455m investment from LHV Group when B-North receives its banking licence from the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. The commitment from the major Estonian banking and financial services company marks an important step in B-North’s ‘Series […]
The once iconic but now derelict West Works site at the former MG Rover car plant in Longbridge, Birmingham is to finally be regenerated following a £6m investment package from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Since closing 15 years ago with the loss of the plant’s remaining 6,000 jobs, the vacant 75-acre West Works […]
