VAS Group has assisted a triple century of valuations for peer-to-peer lender with Assetz Capital having completed its 300th report in the last 12 months at a combined total market value of £200m. The lender, which funds projects such as commercial properties and housing developments, primarily utilised VAS Panel’s comprehensive valuation panel management service to […]
As the UK gears up for its fourth general election since 2010, increased economic uncertainty has led to a significant drop in job advertisements across the finance industry. In fact, according to data from the UK’s leading job board, CV-Library, the number of advertisements fell by 8.3% month-on-month. What’s more, the findings, which explore job […]
NatWest has today announced it is opening its doors to new applications to join its in-house Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, offering a fully funded support programme for UK scale-ups and high growth businesses looking to scale and succeed. The bank is now accepting applications from growing businesses with ambition to scale to join the programme, with […]
Investec Capital Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of the Investec Flexible Trading Account. Investec is offering the Flexible Trading Account, a multifaceted solution which supports growth by providing working capital and cashflow throughout the buying and sales cycle with FX and hedging facilities. This account is designed to help clients, especially exporters and […]
Metro Bank has provided Noumed Life Sciences with a £4.5m asset finance facility to support the acquisition of new pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment at its Maidenhead offices. In addition, Metro Bank is also proud to become the full commercial banking provider to Noumed. This combined asset finance and banking package will enable Noumed to produce a […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has completed a £5.5m refinance of a 5-storey apartment block in Slough with completion taking place just eight days after the facility was given credit approval. The funding repaid the existing lender and released equity for the borrower to reinvest in new projects. The scheme of 34 new apartments was developed […]
Today, 4 December 2019, Growth Street announced that it will appoint a new CEO to maintain its growth and further the deployment of its digital strategy. GrowthLine, Growth Street’s overdraft-like product for SMEs, which differentiates it from other alternative SME funders, remains at the core of Growth Street’s digital strategy. As a founder of Growth […]
The Board of Banking Competition Remedies Ltd (BCR) has published the second update from Pool A recipients and first update from Pool B and D recipients, which provides a summary of performance against their public commitments. The public commitments updates indicate that mobilisation of the awardees is now moving into delivery. The updates of those […]
Wesleyan, the specialist financial services mutual for doctors, dentists, lawyers and teachers, today announced the appointment of Ian McCaig to its board of directors. Ian has worked across a number of sectors, most recently as CEO of First Utility Ltd, one of the first challenger entrants to the UK energy market. He led the company […]
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released new research identifying the priority investment areas for digital transformation in healthcare, the size of the investment challenge, and how healthcare organisations can manage that challenge. Ageing populations, changing lifestyles and diets, rising levels of chronic complaints such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, are rapidly increasing the pressure […]
