Tagged: sme expert index

May 11, 2023 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

There are signs of confidence returning to the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses and the lending market they rely on, iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index finds. The new research, “carried out with over one hundred SME finance brokers who collectively submitted over 2,500 SME… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Demand for finance from the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses1 is on the rise at the same time as banks are “reducing their lending appetite,” according to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index. More than eight in ten SME finance brokers (82%) agree “that major… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With inflation hovering at a 40-year high, “managing day to day cash flow has become the primary reason for small business applications for finance,” according to iwoca’s latest SME Expert Index. The survey of brokers has “revealed that managing cash flow is the most common… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small business owners are feeling “optimistic” about economic conditions for growth, according to iwoca’s quarterly SME Expert Index of UK brokers. The Index reveals that more than a third (35%) of brokers reported the “top motivator” for applying for unsecured finance was “to ‘grow the… Read More