Practical Publishing International, a privately owned media group with specialist craft magazines published in markets around the world, has secured £500k funding through Santander UK and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Founded in 2001, the company specialises in magazines, websites and products for consumers passionate about their hobbies. It distributes over three million […]
Tregenna Castle Resort, in St Ives Cornwall has secured a £1m loan from Lloyds Bank to help secure the business’ future after the hotel, self-catering, leisure and events venue was forced to shut amid the Covid-19 lockdown. The coastal resort secured the finance in preparation for a significant drop in revenue, with quarantine restrictions falling […]
Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending (“ABL”) has structured and delivered a £5m full service asset based lending facility to support the acquisition by Chiltern Capital LLP of Doby Verrolec (“Doby”) from its German parent, Heitkamp & Thumann KG. The comprehensive all-asset finance facility is comprised of receivables, inventory, plant and machinery, property and an additional […]
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £5m funding facility to Hider Food Imports Ltd, a wholesale food supplier based in Hull. The family-run business, which began trading in 1965, imports fine foods to its UK based customers. The company specialises in nuts, dried fruits and other fine foods including Hazer Baba Turkish Delight, Bavarian […]
Aqua, an independent family run group of restaurants in the south west of England, has secured £165k funding from Santander UK through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), to support the business during the outbreak. Founded in Bristol in 1998 by Richard Smithson, Aqua has become a successful family-run Italian bistro over the years. […]
HK Wentworth Group has successfully secured Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) funding through Santander designed to assist SMEs during the current coronavirus pandemic. HK Wentworth Group, a leading manufacturer of specialist chemicals, has international headquarters located in Leicestershire, UK and is the parent company of three well known brands with a global presence. The […]
Middlesbrough-based games developer SockMonkey Studios has secured a £250,000 investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) to fund the launch of its first original game. SockMonkey was founded in 2013 by Darren Cuthbert and Bob Makin, who were later joined by Darren Falcus. With over 35 years’ experience in the industry, Falcus co-founded Optimus […]
United Trust Bank (UTB) has agreed to fund Hawkfield Homes’ latest project providing 22 new homes in the charming Gloucestershire town of Wotton-under-edge. It is the first time UTB has funded a Hawkfield Homes development. Hawkfield Homes has been developing and building new homes in and around Bristol and the South-West for 12 years. Founders, […]
A North East trust based at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hadrian’s Wall has secured its future and potential new historic discoveries across two Roman sites, thanks to support from Lloyds Bank. Northumberland-based Vindolanda Charitable Trust was founded in 1970 to preserve and carry out archaeological research of the Vindolanda Fort – a site […]
Pluto Finance has a completed a £9.7m bridge loan for the acquisition of Station House, Milton Keynes MK9, for a proposed new residential development. The 12-month bridge facility will enable the acquisition of the Station House site which comprises a five-storey building, main station concourse and ticket office of Milton Keynes train station, a ground […]
