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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 by 11% in September 2020 compared with the same month in 2019. In the nine months to September 2020, new business was 27% lower than in the same period in 2019. The…
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The Covid-19 pandemic will cause firms to borrow over five times the amount in 2020 than in 2019, with many unlikely to start repaying until 2022 with total stock of bank lending to businesses forecast to close 2020 at £493bn, an 11% year on year increase, due to firms borrowing heavily through the pandemic. EY…
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The Treasury has announced that applications for the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme will now be open until the end of January. The extension, which carries support before the previous end point of 30th November, also applies to the Future Fund, an initiative…
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Latest figures from HM Treasury have revealed that the UK’s banking and finance industry has supported over 1.4 million businesses across the country through government-backed Coronavirus lending schemes. Lenders have approved over 73,000 facilities through the CBIL scheme and over 1.3 million business owners have benefited from the Bounce Back Loan scheme. For larger businesses,…
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The British Business Bank has published Future Fund data that gives a detailed picture of the 745 companies that have been approved for £770.8m worth of Convertible Loan Agreements since the scheme was launched on 20th May. There have been 1,243 applications in total since the scheme was launched. The data reveals, 42% of funding…
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United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Nathan Mollett as the Bank’s new Head of Asset Finance. Mollett joins UTB from Metro Bank where he has been Director of their Asset Finance division since 2015. Nathan is expected to take up his new position at UTB later this year. Mollett is an Asset Finance professional with…
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Metro Bank has announced that it has appointed Nova Everidge as its new Director of Asset Finance. Everidge joined Metro Bank’s Asset Finance team in 2016 when she joined as Head of Operations and Sales Support, reporting into Nathan Mollett. Everidge will now succeed Mollett in leading the function, as he leaves Metro Bank to…
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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 by 18% in August 2020 compared with the same month in 2019. In the first eight months of 2020, new business decreased by 30% compared with the same period in 2019. The…
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Latest figures from UK Finance have indicated that gross lending of £34.5 billion in the second quarter was, in a single quarter, 50 percent more than the annual total in 2019. Figures also showed that ,more than a million businesses had applications approved for finance under Government schemes by the end of June. Un-utilised overdraft…
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A fully-charged fintech sector can drive SME growth after Bounce Back Loan scheme closes according to business lender Iwoca. The CEO of the business lender has outlined the need for the fintech industry to be strengthened so it can support the growth of small and micro-businesses after the Bounce Back Loan scheme closes at the…
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Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has outlined additional government support to provide certainty to businesses and workers impacted by coronavirus across the UK. Delivering a speech in Parliament, the Chancellor announced a package of measures that will continue to protect jobs and help businesses through the uncertain months ahead as we continue to tackle the spread of…
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Over £100 billion in support from banks and the government has been received by UK firms through coronavirus stimulus initiatives, with lenders distributing more than £58 billion and companies claiming £39.3 billion under the furlough schem. Figures from HM Treasury published today reveal that UK lenders have supported over 1.33 million businesses across the country…
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UK firms have racked up around £70 billion worth of unsustainable debt, according to a new report from The City UK, with more than £20 billion of that coming from government-backed coronavirus loan schemes. TheCityUK’s Recapitalisation Group (RCG), supported by EY, has published updated projections for levels of unsustainable debt faced by SMEs. The report…
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