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Latest data from UK Finance has indicated that in the first quarter lenders saw a rebound in applications for both loans and overdrafts, with banks reporting quarter-on-quarter growth of 20% and 11% respectively with the increases may indicating that SME demand for finance is turning a corner. The weak levels of demand for finance from…
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A report by Oxera commissioned by SME lender Allica has found that proposed changes to UK bank capital rules could result in a £44 billion drop in lending to SMEs. The research suggests that the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) could put up to £44 billion of SME lending at risk. In November 2022, the PRA…
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UK Finance has reported that a loss of confidence resulted in lower SME borrowing in Quarter 4 (Q4) 2022. The report showed that gross lending by the main high street banks totalled £18.4bn over 2022. Due to economic uncertainty and rising interest rates, SMEs were more cautious in the latter half of the year with…
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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 2023 by 8% compared with the same month in 2022. In the twelve months to January 2023, new business was 6% higher than in the same period in 2022. The…
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New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew in December 2022 by 16% compared with the same month in 2021. In 2022 as a whole, new business was 6% higher than in 2021. The plant and machinery finance and…
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Bibby Financial Services’s (BFS) asset finance division, Bibby Leasing, has announced a series of new hires and a refocused growth strategy to increase lending throughout the UK. Sean Taylor joins as Head of National Broker Sales from Renaissance Asset Finance where he was Senior Corporate Sales Executive. With over 16 years’ experience in asset finance, Sean…
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Bank-to-business lending is forecast to contract 3.8% (net) this year, from net growth of 3.7% in 2022, before returning to growth (of 0.9% net) in 2024 according to research by EY Item Club. UK assets under management are forecast to grow 2.6% this year and 6.5% in 2024, after a projected fall of almost 11%…
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Business investment grew a projected 5.2% in 2022 – leaving it 7% below pre-pandemic levels latest EY ITEM Club research has found. EY ITEM Club now expects business investment to fall of 0.8% this year although weaker business investment is one of the factors likely to slow the recovery from recession. It is predicted that…
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More than half of small businesses are looking to use finance to achieve growth in the coming year (53%) according to new research from Novuna Business Finance. The figures indicate that this is up from 49% this time last year, with hiring new staff found to be the activity most likely to be reliant on…
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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 November 2022 by 12% compared with the same month in 2021. In the eleven months to November 2022, new business was 5% higher than in the same period in 2021. The…
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Trade credit insurance specialist Allianz Trade, business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce payments platform, Two and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), have partnered to provide the first global business-to-business (B2B) Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution for large multinational corporates. This is the first partnership of its kind. The result is a game changer product for global online…
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Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) at the UK’s biggest businesses say they are less keen to borrow money from banks now than at any point since the financial crisis, according to a new survey by Deloitte. The research found that CFOs rate borrowing as less attractive now than at any time since the financial crisis, with…
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says SMEs are increasingly struggling to secure affordable bank loans, with fewer than half of applications successful in Q3, compared with nearly two-thirds before the pandemic. Two thirds of small firms (66%) plan to make some form of investment in their business by 2024, but under half (49%) feel…
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