Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let lender owned by Computershare, has sharpened the rates on its range of five-year, fixed-rate deals — and lowered some product fees by as much as 0.5%. Its 3.39% buy-to-let product for standard properties now carries a product fee of 1.5% (down from 2%) and is available on loans of up […]
Hope Capital has extended its lending to 24 months. Up until now Hope Capital’s maximum lending term was 12 months but this has now been doubled where it is the right solution, making its lending more flexible. With rates starting from just 0.69% on loans of up to £5m across its range of bridging loan […]
Creative businesses, with ambitions to grow, are being offered a unique support package to help them to scale up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). The Creative Scale Up Programme offers developing companies the opportunity to benefit from monthly coaching sessions and a series of workshops and seminars covering a range of subjects designed […]
Digital football resource football4football is set to revolutionise the sport at grassroots levels following a £150,000 matched funding investment from GC Angels. The interactive hub is aimed at individuals across all levels of the game, advising on what to eat, how to improve, and what to do in case of injury. With content from World […]
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) today announced significant progress in its trade financing initiatives in the third quarter of 2019 (Q3), boosting inclusive growth and shared prosperity across OIC Member Countries with financing transactions totalling over US $2.2bn. Major Framework Agreements were signed with Djibouti, Kyrgyzstan, Senegal, Tunisia and Uzbekistan to strengthen ties […]
Specialist lender Together has teamed up with eTech’s buy-to-let hub to speed up mortgage underwriting for brokers’ portfolio landlord cases. The technology allows brokers to record portfolio information and check contact details efficiently. Profiles are stored on the system so they can be accessed later for review or for future applications, removing the need for […]
Overall business confidence increased by 4 points to 6% in October, according to the latest findings from the Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Business Barometer. While still below the long-term average of 24%, it was slightly higher than the previous three months where business confidence averaged 5%. Optimism in the economy also saw an improvement in […]
Responding to the Treasury’s Committee on economic crime, UK Finance chief executive Stephen Jones said “Investing millions in security systems to defend customers, supporting law enforcement in disrupting criminals and helping customers protect themselves from scams are core priorities for the finance industry. “The Authorised Push Payment voluntary code is a key part of this […]
The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) is asking members and non- members to heed the warnings in the Bank of England’s latest quarterly credit conditions survey about lenders cutting access to funding in Q4 and beyond. The BoE survey points to a deteriorating funding situation for businesses, including SMEs, with a deteriorating economic climate […]
Growth Street today announced the launch of a new digitally-driven growth strategy. Over the past year, Growth Street has been developing new data and risk profiling capabilities to enable it to adopt a purely digital focused approach. This realignment is based on extensive analysis of Growth’s Street’s data, which shows consistently that SMEs have a […]
