Tagged: uk finance

April 23, 2020 @ 8:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Banking and finance industry organization UK Finance announced on Thursday that its latest data revealed more than £2.8 billion has been lent to SMEs so far through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The organization reported that total lending under CBILS has doubled in… Read More

April 2, 2020 @ 7:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to support firms impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The update includes broader access to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and creating a new plan for larger firms. The Chancellor announced that HM Treasury… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered a speech outlining the UK Budget for 2020. A portion of the speech outlined the Government’s policy moves to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus – an unexpected exogenous shock to the economy that could… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Fraud takes place daily in the financial services industry. Crowdfund Insider reads about it every single day. It is just a fact of life. There will always be a miscreant somewhere looking to separate good money from good people. That is why the industry must… Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Finance has launched a national campaign encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to prepare for the potential changes as Brexit nears. Entitled “Let’s Talk Business,” the campaign is being supported by various organisations including the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), British Chambers of Commerce… Read More

June 16, 2018 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK Finance’s most recent report indicates that the number of new loans to UK SMEs increased slightly in the first quarter of 2018. There were 73,971 new loan approvals to SMEs across the UK in Q1 versus 72,272 in Q1 of 2017. A report by UK… Read More