Distribution Finance Capital Holdings plc, the specialist bank providing working capital solutions to dealers and manufacturers across the UK, today announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2024. Highlights 2024 2023 Change Performance Loan Book (£m) 666 581 15% New loans advanced to customers (£m) 1,440 1,200 20% No of dealer […]
Savills World Research has ranked London within the top five cities in the world in its new corporate dynamic wealth index, indicating that it continues to adapt, be highly competitive and an attractive location for major corporate occupiers. Savills says that flows of global wealth are favouring different locations as an increasingly fluid geopolitical and […]
Logistic Designs Ltd, a Nottingham-based specialist in architectural fabrication and laser cutting, needed a way to keep cash flowing while it built up its order book. With suppliers demanding quick payment and customers taking time to settle invoices, it turned to Evolve Business Finance for a solution. Logistic Designs manufactures a wide range of steel […]
British businesses are facing soaring border costs and mounting delays, with some abandoning UK-EU supply chains altogether, according to a new report published today by the international trade consultants, clearBorder. The State of the Border report, based on the experiences of 900 businesses across the UK, France, and Germany, warns that the post-Brexit border has […]
Jonathan Board, director & head of pharmacy at Christie & Co, said: “Whilst the funding for 2025/26 is to increase to £3.073bn and see a further £215m to fund the Pharmacy First scheme, it may not be everything that operators were hoping for following the release of the report on the economic analysis of community […]
Innovative ESG-focused office provider Northspring is set to expand its portfolio across the UK thanks to a £37m commercial investment loan from Cynergy Bank. Founded in Manchester in 2020, Northspring provides a unique style of office space to companies offering high quality, all-inclusive builds. The spaces are designed with a focus on the physical and […]
A new market infrastructure is set to be launched in Europe. Named Lise (Lightning Stock Exchange), this next-generation stock exchange is designed to broaden access to public equity markets for strategic SMEs and mid-cap companies, leveraging cutting-edge technology and an innovative regulatory framework. By fundamentally rethinking the IPO, Lise aims to shorten the public listing process, making it more cost-effective and accessible. Lise has […]
So-called “Liberation Day” has arrived, with President Trump promising to shake the foundations of global trade by imposing sweeping new tariffs on nearly all major US trading partners. But the CEO of global financial advisory and asset management giant, deVere Group, predicts that within 6 to 12 months, Trump will be forced to backtrack — not […]
The explosion in private credit investment is transforming funding for mid-market businesses as direct lenders push into markets previously dominated by banks. Despite the government’s worries that investors aren’t backing UK Plc, it shows there’s still interest in British businesses from UK pension funds and insurers, according to Fenton Burgin, debt advisory partner at professional […]
With the US imposing 25% tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium, it’s fair to say that the construction industry is facing geopolitical change. The various consequences for construction in the UK will certainly need to be managed. As we’ve learned many times this decade, from extreme occurrences like Covid-19 and climate change events, the most […]
