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Lending to UK small and medium-sized businesses reached its highest level since 2021 in the first quarter of 2026, underlining renewed demand for external finance as companies manage growth, cashflow and cost pressures. New data from UK Finance showed SME...
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The UK receivables finance market is undergoing one of its most significant structural shifts in decades as major high street…
#alternative finance#factoring#receivables finance
UK and New Zealand goods and services trade reached a record £4bn in 2025, as businesses continued to make strong…
#digital trade#exporters#Free Trade Agreement
The UK’s trade deficit widened sharply in the three months to April 2026, as rising imports outpaced export growth and…
#exports#imports#supply chains
UK SMEs trading internationally are warning of severe financial pressure as disruption linked to the Iran war drives up logistics,…
#FX risk#Iran war#sme finance
Lex Greensill has been banned from acting as a company director in the UK for nine years, bringing a major…
#Credit Suisse#Greensill#Katerra
ETR Digital and Investec Capital Solutions have completed their first Working Capital Notes transaction, releasing earlier liquidity for a UK…
#digital trade#ETR digital#food supply chains
Nifina’s founders are positioning the company around a new generation of working capital finance infrastructure, as corporates and financial institutions…
#AI#banking technology#Nifina
Specialty re/insurer Convex Group has received approval to launch a Lloyd’s syndicate with a portfolio that includes political risk and…
#Convex#CPRI#Lloyds
ART Business Loans has reported further growth in lending to small and medium-sized businesses across the West Midlands and adjoining…
#alternative finance#ART Business Loans#British Business Bank
A London court has rejected BB Energy’s attempt to block the sale of three South Sudanese oil cargoes worth around…
#BB Energy#commodity finance#creditor risk
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical…
#compliance#FCA#risk management
Lloyds Banking Group has committed up to £2bn of trade finance support for UK exporters as businesses face an increasingly…
#export finance#Lloyds#smes