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UK business failures fall 6% but start-up appetite weakens

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

LS Manufacturing targets £4m after £400k invoice-finance growth bridge

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 pledges over £45bn to SMEs as it doubles...

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


iwoca lands £250m funding line as demand for larger...

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


Fina secures US$75m Fasanara facility for Saudi SME working...

Fina, the embedded finance platform within Saudi business-to-business ecosystem SILQ, has secured a US$75m Shariah-compliant facility from Fasanara Capital to…

#embedded finance#Fasanara Capital#Fina


Karnataka Bank targets doubling of SCF portfolio through CredAble...

Karnataka Bank has partnered with CredAble to launch its first fully digital supply chain finance platform, with the Indian lender…

#banking technology#CredAble#India


UK sets aside £500m guarantee capacity for IP-rich SME...

The British Business Bank is making up to £500m of existing guarantee capacity available to support lending to intellectual property-rich…

#alternative finance#British Business Bank#CDFIs


Bibby urges government to widen SME funding beyond traditional...

The UK government’s plans to expand access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises should be matched by greater awareness…

#Bibby Financial Services#Growth Guarantee Scheme#invoice finance


Bibby Financial Services secures €250m HSBC facility for SME...

Bibby Financial Services has agreed a €250m facility with HSBC UK to expand its financing support for small and medium-sized…

#back-to-back financing#Bibby Financial Services#HSBC UK


UKEF and British Business Bank launch guarantee plan for...

UK Export Finance and the British Business Bank are developing a joint portfolio guarantee scheme designed to increase access to…

#British Business Bank#export finance#portfolio guarantees


UK unlocks billions in SME finance as Growth Guarantee...

The UK government has announced a major expansion of the British Business Bank’s Growth Guarantee Scheme, aiming to unlock an…

#alternative finance#British Business Bank#Business lending


Investec marks 20 years of asset finance as AI...

Investec Asset Finance has marked its 20th anniversary with an event for more than 80 UK broker principals and directors,…

#AI#asset finance#brokers

TD Bank puts US commercial banking under single leadership

TD Bank U.S. has appointed Jill Gateman as Head of U.S. Commercial Banking, consolidating its corporate, commercial, small business and…

#asset based lending#commercial banking#sme finance

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