Only 8 years after the company was launched, Capital on Tap has reached a new milestone – £2bn lent to over 120,000 small businesses and the self-employed across the UK. The news comes only a year after the company announced their first £1bn lent to UK SMEs. In times of economic uncertainty, it’s vital companies […]
Northern Fire Solutions has secured a £200k Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan from specialist social impact lender GC Business Finance (GCBF) to fund its growth following a period of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Before lockdown, the fire door and fire screen manufacturer planned to increase efficiencies by closing its site in […]
Paragon Bank has provided a £300,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) to the UK’s largest provider of sliding sash windows, Victorian House Sales Ltd. The loan has enabled Victorian House Sales Ltd to recover from cash flow issues, which arose from having to shut down all business for several weeks during the pandemic. The loan […]
A mother and daughter who invested their life savings in a bid to bring a touch of glamour to the residents of a South Yorkshire village have seen bookings increase four-fold since July as residents clamoured to chop their lockdown locks down to size. Experienced hairdresser Anna Wesley and her make-up artist daughter Robyn, were […]
ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized businesses, has supported independent FCA approved corporate insurance broker Todd & Cue with the completion of a re-finance transaction. Based in Gateshead, Todd & Cue specialise in the placement of insurance programmes for a wide spectrum of clients including public companies, recognised professional practices, financial institutions, private companies, […]
Fiduciam, the institutionally funded short-term lender, has just completed a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loan for £840,000. The loan was to a children’s nursery in Leytonstone, in North East London, called Harvey House. The CBILS was designed to support the continued provision of finance to smaller UK businesses (SMEs) that have been impacted […]
Experienced business professionals, Anthony Lewis and Jonathan Burgoyne, have recently purchased Bloomsbury Guest House in York, with funding successfully secured by specialist commercial finance broker, Christie Finance. Bloomsbury Guest House, long-established and located in a popular area of York, has been owned by the previous owners since 2009 and has been operated as a lifestyle […]
Praetura Ventures, the VC fund that targets high-value sectors in the north of England, is investing £1m in a tech company that helps businesses defend themselves against customer-focused cyberattacks and improve the digital experience their websites offer to consumers. The funding secured by Leeds-based RapidSpike will allow it to enhance and scale its product and […]
Rapidly growing fintech company, Growth Capital Ventures (GCV), has secured £1m of growth capital from institutional investors to continue its expansion and fast-track the growth of Britain’s burgeoning tech sector. GCV has now opened up the investment round to new private investors via its online investment platform – growthfunders.com Investment from the current round will […]
Wellingborough based M.L. Wakefield Ltd, a leading factory outlet discount wholesaler that trades under the name Fashion Warehouse, has recently secured just under £1m finance from Cambridge & Counties Bank to upgrade its c. 50,000 sq.ft. warehouse. The firm will use the funds to redevelop the site’s access and distribution capabilities, as well as its […]
