Demand for sales staff spiked last week as hiring across the country saw the first positive increase in weeks, with the number of jobs posted across the UK up 20% last week. That’s according to the latest real-time statistics from the world’s largest network of job boards, Broadbean Technology. The beginning of July saw the […]
Closely following the expansion of its Middle East office, UK fintech cloud-payment processor, Paymentology has announced a similar focus on Singapore, with the appointment of Matt Bruton as the general manager for the Asia Pacific region. Already established in Singapore with an office and datacentre, Paymentology see the region ripe for material growth and the […]
The boss of a UK challenger bank is urging business owners to “recoup what they are owed” with the help of a free government-appointed support service. Gary Wilkinson, CEO and co-founder of Redwood Bank, is recommending small business owners tackle late payment issues with help from the Small Business Commissioner (SBC). The SBC is an […]
Knowledge Bank, the UK’s largest criteria search system, has this week launched the ‘Criteria Clinic’ for registered brokers. To be held on Mondays over the next six weeks, the Criteria Clinics will invite a panel of experts from a cross-section of lenders to discuss the issues and hot topics that brokers are most concerned about. […]
Payment holidays – while supporting some businesses through the current crisis – may be the death knell for those that have offered them. A survey of members of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) suggests that of the 83% of firms who had offered a payment holiday, two thirds (66%) said there would be […]
By Simon Lenney, independent chairman, Mavenbonds.co.uk If Britain is to climb out of the economic black hole it finds itself in due to the coronavirus pandemic, it will need its army of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to come to the rescue. This important sector of the business community is agile, adaptable and innovative enough […]
Home working is opening up new opportunities for UK businesses, with 70% of companies claiming that it has potentially strengthened relationships with clients, supply chains and competitors. The Covid-19 UK business barometer, conducted by Sapio Research and B2B agency Skout, also found that 34% of companies believe that working from home is having a positive […]
An animal sanctuary in the Brecon Beacons is preparing to re-open in good health, following support from Lloyds Bank and the general public. Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary, which is home to more than 200 rescued animals, has secured £50k of emergency funding via the government’s Coronavirus Bounce Back Loan scheme for small businesses. The […]
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved Funding Circle for accreditation to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), and Maven Capital Partners and Satago for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Funding Circle will join the other 23 BBLS lenders who have been accredited since the scheme opened. […]
Independent invoice financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), provided £40m in new funding facilities to corporate businesses throughout June as it continues to grow its support for larger SMEs. In a record month, BFS’s Corporate team structured several high profile transactions, including a £9m refinance package for Currie European Transport Ltd, a transport and storage solutions […]
