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UK insolvency-related activity fell during the second quarter of 2026, but a parallel decline in company formations points to continuing caution among entrepreneurs and a mixed outlook for commercial lenders, suppliers and receivables-finance providers. R3’s quarterly business health report, based...
#business failures#Cash flow#company formations
Lloyds Banking Group has completed three live tokenised deposit transactions under Project Agorá, advancing the banking industry’s effort to test…
#Bank for International Settlements#cross-border payments#foreign exchange
The Bank of England has held Bank Rate at 3.75%, but a widening split among policymakers has increased the risk…
#Bank of England#Bank Rate#Business lending
British clothing producer LS Manufacturing is on course to increase annual turnover from £3m to £4m after using a £400,000…
#Cash flow#export growth#invoice finance
Lloyds Banking Group plans to provide more than £45bn of new finance directly to small and medium-sized businesses between 2027…
#Accelerate 2030#business banking#digital banking
UK small-business lender iwoca has secured a new £250m debt facility from an unnamed leading UK bank and Waterfall Asset…
#alternative finance#Business lending#iwoca
Time Finance has appointed Emma Caton as a relationship manager in its Invoice Finance North team, expanding the independent lender’s…
#asset based lending#commercial finance#Emma Caton
UK Export Finance has broadened its support for sustainable aviation fuel projects and signed new cooperation agreements covering electric aircraft…
#aerospace finance#decarbonisation#export finance
UK businesses have become more cautious about their near-term turnover as energy costs and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on…
#business confidence#economic uncertainty#energy costs
The British Business Bank is progressing plans for a £100m aerospace supply-chain fund intended to provide structured debt capital to…
#aerospace finance#Airbus#British Business Bank
A fall in UK inflation to 2.6% may provide only limited relief for businesses facing persistent financing, energy and customer-credit…
#Atradius#customer credit risk#liquidity
The Bank of England will stop accepting bonds linked to thermal coal as collateral in key lending operations from October,…
#Bank of England#banking regulation#central banking
Ebury has signed a multi-year agreement with Ipswich Town Football Club to manage the club’s international payments and foreign exchange…
#cross-border payments#currency risk#Ebury