Confidence rather than rates driving funding appetite

Improving confidence among business leaders is the primary factor in growing demand from SMEs for external funding according to researchby Atom bank. The quarterly poll of commercial brokers by Atom bank found that the appetite for external funding continues to grow, with almost two thirds (63%) of brokers stating that they were seeing a growing…

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Just Mortgages appoints new Sales Manager 

4th July 2024 Appointments |

Just Mortgages has announced it has strengthened its self-employed division and its presence in Scotland with the appointment of Grant MacKay as Sales Manager.  Based near Motherwell, MacKay will be working closely with 25 self-employed advisers across Scotland and the North East of England, with scope for more as the division grows. He will use…

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Construction sector borrowing the most to fund insurance

New analysisfrom Premium Credit has shown that the Construction sector borrows the most to fund insurance but the Wholesale and Retail Trade sector is the fastest-growing. Premium Credit’s Insurance Index, which monitors insurance buying and how it is financed, shows 55% of SMEs now use some form of credit to pay for insurance borrowing an…

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