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According to new figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), new asset finance business grew for its 36^th consecutive month to £2.9bn.

Britain’s small businesses, however innovative, can often find it difficult to get their products into shops, and an increasing number use online platforms that enable them to sell directly to customers.

But there is...

Encouraging small British firms to sell their goods and services overseas is a key plank of government policy, and there is now a range of organisations devoted to helping them do just that.

On Wednesday 26^th October, our Credit Director Chris Heeley and Support Team Manager, Tristam Welburn, attended Metro Bank’s inaugural Annual Broker Summit at their UK headquarters in London.

In today's City A.M feature, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Business Research Institute, talks about family-owned businesses and how the estimated 4.6 million need to be supported more.

Friday 14^th October saw the inaugural intercompany golf tournament between LDF and FIF.

Self-employment is steadily increasing, now at a record high of 4.8 million, with 1 in 7 workers currently listed as self-employed. However, a recent report conducted highlights that their earnings have fallen by £60...

‘Small firms that export are more confident’ according to the Small Business Barometer 2016, a poll undertaken with 800 small business owners across the UK.

In our latest City A.M feature, Andy Davies, White Oak UK Sales Director comments on the challenges that many businesses face when looking to finance growth. 

We’ve been celebrating in the office as lendinghive our 24/7 asset finance online portal won ‘Innovator of the Year’ at the eighth annual Leasing World Awards.

The UK vendor finance market for IT and business equipment is worth over £1.3 billion^[1].  As finance provider, GE announces it will now “streamline” its offering to the British technology industry, experts are...

In our latest feature in City A.M. we focus on exporting with an interview with our client Cajero, a specialist manufacturer of cutting tools for the machining of composite and aerospace structures:

“A coffee roaster looks like a washing machine on top of a barbeque.” says Joe O’Hara, owner of premium coffee importer, roaster and retailer, Alchemy, “You put the beans in the drum on top while the burners undern...

Figures released during ‘Exporting is GREAT Week’, highlighted that there are a number of opportunities available for UK SMEs who are considering export.

In total, over 6,000 export opportunities have been showcased...

This week sees our second instalment in City A.M's ‘Building Britain’s Businesses’ feature where we discuss what it takes for small business owners to enable continued business growth, and how a business loan or ...