Parogon Pub Group Limited, operator of seven gastropubs based in Staffordshire, has secured £2m of funding from Santander UK as part of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The funding will enable the business to meet immediate cashflow needs and ready the sites for reopening this weekend. Based in Staffordshire, Parogon Pub Group is […]
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury 1 Horse Guards Road Westminster London SW1A 2HQ 2 July 2020 Dear Chancellor RE: Cash Tax Credits to boost working capital for leisure and hospitality businesses As head of Leisure and Hospitality at RSM, I have been working hard with my clients during […]
The BRC and Opinium have been working together to track consumer behaviours and their sentiment towards coronavirus. This research has run weekly since 1st May 2020, with the latest survey taking place between 26-29 June 2020. Public perceptions of retail staff has improved since the pandemic began. 35% saying their views of retail staff has […]
Cisco has launched a new financing programme to help SMEs purchase its products at 0% interest and with no upfront costs, at a fixed 3-year monthly payment term. SMEs will be able to purchase hardware, software solutions as well as services under the programme. The launch of the programme comes as the Covid-19 pandemic and […]
New research by the IFB Research Foundation sheds fresh insights into UK family business. Compiled by RepGraph, the new report The Largest Family Businesses in the UK analyses the largest UK family-owned firms. The analysis found that 1 in 5 of the largest businesses in the UK are family owned. Of the 1,551 largest companies […]
A leading provider of specialist mobility equipment for elderly and physically disabled people, has been able to secure all the jobs of its 36 staff during the coronavirus shutdown, after securing a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) from Lloyds Bank. Stafford-based Easy Living Mobility is one of the UK’s largest retailers of innovative mobility […]
Specialist SME lender Paragon Bank has continued its support for UK companies impacted by coronavirus, providing a £250,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBILS) to Southampton-based printing firm Indigo Press. The CBILS loan has enabled the business to trade through Covid-19 as it had to continue to pay trade suppliers, even though turnover was significantly impacted. […]
UK businesses are planning for increased international trade over the next 12 months looking for a post-Covid bounce, finds new research commissioned by Kreston International, a global network of independent accountancy firms. The research, conducted in May amongst 514 SMEs across the UK and published in a report Trading internationally in 2020 – a post […]
FIBA, the specialist finance trade body, has announced the latest series of interviews with their lender partners on FIBA TV recorded during the lockdown. The first of the new series can be found exclusively on the FIBA website from Thursday 2nd July. After the success of the first two series, which were filmed with a […]
Specialist commercial finance broker, Christie Finance, has supported on the sale of two well-established Scottish Pharmacies, Eildon Pharmacy in Newtown St Boswells and Airth Pharmacy in Stirlingshire, to their existing Pharmacist Managers. Both businesses were sold by the same owner looking to pursue retirement. Eildon Pharmacy is a community pharmacy servicing Newtown St Boswells, Roxburghshire, […]
