Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money will be ‘lost to fraud and error as a result of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) approach to its Covid-19 business support schemes according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Despite providing important support to businesses across the country, BEIS’ latest estimate is that £4.9…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew in March 2022 by 13% compared with the same month in 2021. In Q1 2022 as a whole, new business was 7% higher than in the same quarter in 2021. The IT…
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New findings from quarterly Small Business Index (SBI) has warned that banks ‘are pulling up the drawbridge’ to small firms will further stifle economic growth as its new SBI study shows successful finance applications plunging over the first quarter of this year. Fewer than one in ten (9%) small firms applied for finance in Q1…
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Nearly one in three (30%) brokers believe the UK SME lending market has returned to levels seen before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic according to research by Iwoca. Whilst nearly another third (31%) believe the market will return within 6 months, based on the number of loan requests they had each month before the…
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International SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), and regional accountancy and specialist SME business advisory firm, Azets, have announced a strategic partnership to provide whole-turnover invoice finance facilities. The agreement will see BFS become Azets’ preferred partner for funding facilities up to £250,000, enabling its network of 3,500 accountancy and advisory specialists to access working…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell in February 2022 by 2% compared with the same month in 2021. In the first two months of 2022, new business was 5% higher than in the same period in 2021. The…
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STAR Asset Finance Group Has appointed Paul Slapa as its Group Commercial Director. Slapa was previously a founder and commercial director at Praetura Enterprise Finance and brings over 15 years of experience to the STAR Asset Finance Group. While at Praetura, Slapa was focused on creating partnership style relationships with customers, helping ease their cashflow…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew in January 2022 by 11% compared with the same month in 2021. In the twelve months to January 2022, new business grew by 16% compared with the same period in 2021. The…
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New research by the British Business Bank has indicated that lending to small businesses has returned to pre-pandemic levels. The Small Business Finance Markets Report 2022 found that 2021 was a year of contrast between debt and equity smaller business finance markets. Bank lending returned to pre-pandemic levels while equity investment in smaller businesses reached…
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More than two thirds (67%) of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) globally have been unable to secure sufficient, or any, funding on at least one or more occasions, according to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu. The ‘Small business, big growth’ report surveyed over 1,000 SME owners globally, who set up their…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has announced that it has recruited experienced underwriter Rob Irving to its asset finance credit team. Irving is a highly experienced asset finance professional with a career in commercial banking spanning nearly 20 years. He joins UTB as senior underwriter from Wesleyan Bank and has previously held positions with Haydock Finance…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) fell in December 2021 by 2% compared with the same month in 2020. In 2021 as a whole, new business grew by 14% compared with 2020 to £31.3 billion but remained 12% lower…
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Specialist asset-based lender, Time Finance has announced that they have appointed Steve Nichols as Director of Asset Finance. Nichols assumes overall responsibility for the operation and performance of Asset Finance for the business and will become a member of the Operating Board. Nicols succeeds Carol Roberts as part of a planned progression and the two…
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