ThinCats, a leading provider of funding to mid-sized SMEs, today announces the appointment of Amany Attia as chief executive to lead its ambitious growth plans. Amany is a proven leader in building and scaling businesses with significant expertise in lending, data and technology. Amany joins a company which over the last four years has achieved […]
Yorkshire and North Derbyshire’s largest independent firm of Chartered Accountants, BHP, has appointed three partners – all who started their careers at the firm. Rachelle Rowbottom, who joined BHP in 1998 following her A-Levels and now heads up the tax service line to the charity and not-for-profit sector, has been made a tax partner. […]
More than 87% of countries have already established some form of Open APIs in the banking industry. According to LearnBonds, there are over 10,000 financial institutions around the world with open banking implementations. Open Banking Expands Online Banking is a global trend that banks and institutions are currently following to improve the current connections across […]
Investment designed to help generate thousands of local jobs, quality houses and the best commercial spaces for people to do business across Greater Manchester has topped £600m since the funds launched in 2015, says the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). The boost to the local economy includes almost £440m committed for the development of […]
Linked Finance has launched a new ‘Beyond Brexit’ loan for Irish SMEs who are in the process of preparing for Brexit. This new 18 month loan period is a new offering on the platform that allow Irish SMEs to access working capital facilities of up to €300,000 in just 24 hours. These new loans allow […]
One third (33%) of UK businesses are concerned about the potential impact Brexit will have on their suppliers and customers, according to new research from R3, the insolvency and restructuring body. The research, a survey of 1,200 senior business financial decision-makers, carried out for R3 by BVA BDRC, found that 11% of businesses have reviewed […]
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has provided a £12m structured cashflow facility to Expert Tooling, a prime solution provider for bespoke tooling and automation systems. Established in 1972, Expert provides assembly tooling, special purpose machinery and robotic automation products to the automotive, aerospace, machine tool and transport industries. The company is the UK’s largest Robotics […]
Almost three million small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK are at ‘high risk’ of losing valuable commercial information by failing to back up their data or storing electronic copies in the same location as the original information, according to a new study by Beaming, the business ISP. ● Beaming’s study, which was conducted […]
As Britain’s top banks reaffirm their commitment to back British business through access to finance, ahead of Brexit, Purbeck Insurance Services is urging small business owners not to be deterred by a personal guarantee to secure access to funding but to look at ways they can mitigate the risk. In a survey by Purbeck, over […]
ThinCats has announced the appointment of Jack Price as associate director for business development, covering London and the South East. Jack will be based in ThinCats’ London office. Jack joins ThinCats from Santander; in 2014, he joined Santander’s Corporate & Commercial Banking Graduate programme and was quickly promoted to relationship manager in 2016, where he […]
