Callcredit Information Group and company information provider DueDil, have partnered to launch KYC for Business – an enhanced KYC (know your customer) service. The new KYC for Business service will offer clients the combination of two services via one single enquiry, helping to streamline any business customer checks they need to perform whilst ensuring they are…
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SME Lender iwoca and Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo, are partnering to provide Intesa’s SME clients with innovative credit products to bridge the funding gap and support growth in this key section of the economy. The partnership will leverage iwoca’s market leading SME lending platform and Intesa’s expertise in building banking operations across Italy, Central Europe, Eastern Europe,…
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Business finance provider, Henry Howard Finance, has appointed a new regional director for the South West to its Asset Finance division. With a career in finance spanning more than three decades, including 10 years as a director of asset finance at Lombard, Richard Arnold, joins the firm as South West regional director. Mark Crook, Group CEO…
Read moreThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling for improved lending standards and an enhanced British Business Bank (BBB) in support of new recommendations from the Banking Futures initiative. FSB is urging all banks to sign-up to the Lending Standards Board (LSB)’s standards of practice for business customers, as set out in the ‘Banking Small…
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Latest figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew in May by 16% compared with the same month last year. The plant and machinery finance and business equipment finance sectors reported new business up in May by 28% and 31% respectively, compared…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show consumer finance new business grew in May by 8% compared with the same month last year. Credit card and personal loan new business together grew by 11% compared with May 2016, while retail store and online credit new business increased by 3%. Second charge…
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Working families with children are facing bigger shortfalls in their household budgets this year, despite an increase in the National Living Wage and tax cuts, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s authoritative annual report on living standards. A return to inflation combined with a freeze in working benefits has caused the shortfall to increase for…
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to provide a letter of direction to local councils in England to speed up help for small firms facing unacceptable increases in their Business Rates. £300 million in discretionary relief was promised in the Budget in March, yet many local authorities have so…
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Star Asset Finance (SAF) has continued its consolidation of the SME asset finance market by completing the acquisition of Credo Holdings. Norwich-based Credo was established in 2005 as an independent provider of asset finance. The company has a growing own-book portfolio, coupled with brokered finance supported by a number of industry funders. Specialising in hard and soft…
Read moreThe rollout of Universal Credit should be paused until significant problems with it are fixed, says Citizens Advice. In a major new report – Delivering on Universal Credit – the charity reveals that the requirement to wait for six weeks to receive any payment means people face serious financial insecurity, with many being forced into…
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Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: ALO CARE LTD 1ST SOLUTIONS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES LTD ADAMS SHEET METAL LTD ADVANTAGE RENTALS & REPAIRS LTD AEGIS WIND FINANCE (NO.2) LTD ALO CARE LTD ALO CARE LTD ARGYLL RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD AUDIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT & REPORTING LTD B60…
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Liquidation notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 08135583 LTD A & A NANDRA LTD A & M DELI LTD A CASA RESTAURANT LTD A D SHAW JOINERY CONTRACTS LTD A-S ELECTRICAL SERVICES UK LTD A101 LTD ABSOLUTE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE BUILDING SERVICES LTD ACADEMY FOR GROWTH LTD ACORN PRINT…
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Winding up Petitions have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 07715030 LTD 8POINT3 LTD A & D ELECTRICAL LTD A.N.A. MOT EXPRESS LTD ACORN DEVELOPMENTS (KENDAL) LTD ADJUST PERSONNEL LTD ALEXANDER DU’BEL WISH FOUNDATION ALL PEOPLE RECRUITMENT LTD ALTEC ENGINEERING LTD ALUFAB LTD AMBER SOLAR LTD ANGLESEA HOME IMPROVEMENTS LTD…
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