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Professor Sir Roy Goode: a lasting legacy for receivables...

Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE KC FBA, one of the most influential commercial lawyers of his generation and a major figure in the development of the international legal framework for factoring and receivables finance, died in Oxford on 24 June...

#assignment of receivables#factoring law#FCI

Glencore agrees US$10m Vast loan with US$6m for working...

Glencore has agreed a US$10m term loan for Vast Resources, with US$6m allocated to group working capital and debt repayment…

#Aprelevka#commodity finance#Glencore


Ultimate Finance owner agrees £55m Time Finance takeover to...

Bentley Park, the parent of specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance, has agreed a £55.13m cash takeover of Time Finance that…

#acquisition#asset based lending#asset finance


Secure Trust business finance book hits £1.9bn as new...

Secure Trust Bank's Business Finance portfolio increased 5.3% to £1.9bn during the first half of 2026 even as new lending…

#business finance#credit risk#Secure Trust Bank


Harvey Nichols falls into administration as Frasers buys retailer...

Harvey Nichols has entered administration and been acquired by Frasers Group in a pre-pack transaction worth approximately £40m, turning this…

#administration#Frasers#Harvey Nichols


Harvey Nichols says cash could run out within a...

Harvey Nichols has warned that it could run out of money within the next year without fresh investment, raising the…

#credit risk#Frasers Group#going concern


Vistry supplier cover could fall 70% as Allianz tightens...

Allianz Trade is reducing credit-insurance limits available to suppliers trading with UK housebuilder Vistry, with cover on some new business…

#Allianz Trade#credit limits#receivables finance


The UK’s 60-day cap could rewrite the economics of...

For years, one of the uncomfortable questions surrounding supply chain finance has been whether the product helps suppliers get paid…

#Commercial Payments Bill#dynamic discounting#late payments


BlackRock TCP shifts US$523m of loans to Pantheon as...

BlackRock TCP Capital is moving US$523m of private loans into a Pantheon-backed continuation vehicle, offloading exposure representing almost half of…

#BlackRock TCP Capital#business development companies#continuation vehicles


UK exporter costs rise as conflict strains supply chains

Almost four in 10 UK exporters reported higher costs in June as concern over international conflict, shipping disruption and energy…

#Ebury#energy prices#exporting costs


Metro Bank adds £1bn of business lending as commercial...

Metro Bank increased its commercial lending book by 30% year on year to £4.02bn after providing £1bn of new gross…

#balance-sheet rotation#business finance#commercial lending


UK factories hit near two-year output high, but stockpiling...

UK manufacturers increased production at the fastest rate in almost two years during July, although precautionary inventory building and renewed…

#CIPS#energy costs#export orders

UK banks face £30m call to fund firms mainstream...

Barclays, HSBC and Santander have been challenged to invest a combined £30m in community lenders that provide finance to small…

#Barclays#CDFIs#community finance

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