Midlands Asset Finance appoints director
Wed 24 Jun 2020
The appointment will increase MAFs agriculture and construction exposure.
Asset & Invoice Finance
Credifolio launched as the first free mobile credit scoring app for SMEs
Mon 18 May 2020
The mobile-first product has been designed to help SMEs minimise their exposure to credit risk by providing real-time data-led insights.
MarketFinance offers cash flow solution to SMEs waiting for government funds
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Organisations across the country up to £20bn out of pocket as they pay the first round of wages to the eight million employees furloughed so far.
Regency Factors hires Lee Jones as BDM
Wed 29 Aug 2018
He will be responsible for driving business expansion to support the UK SME sectors with their finance needs.
2018 SFI Awards: The Gallery
Fri 6 Jul 2018
Last Friday afternoon we welcomed 300 of the UK’s best specialist finance professionals to the spectacular Madison rooftop venue in London’s St Paul’s. Twenty seven awards were handed out to deserving companies and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry this year.
MAF launches nationwide ‘supplier partnership programme’
Tue 27 Feb 2018
Midlands Asset Finance, has launched a programme that sees its online platform, Asset Finance Compared, partner with vendors across the country. The programme has been developed to enable suppliers and their end-customers to access a fast pricing engine and an immediate credit-decisioning process to increase the volume of sales. The platform also provides the supplier […]
Brokers predict asset finance demand boost in 2018
Tue 2 Jan 2018
Some 39% of brokers believe demand for asset finance funding will continue to increase this year, according to a recent ‘broker sentiment’ poll, carried out by United Trust Bank. In addition to the 39% who expect demand to increase, 25% of brokers expect demand from SMEs for asset finance to stabilise and 8% feel activity […]
36% think customers have negative economic outlook
Tue 5 Dec 2017
Some 36% of brokers working in the fields of property and asset finance believe that the majority of their customers have a negative view of the UK’s economic outlook for the next three years, according to research from United Trust Bank. Just 20% indicated that most of their customers took a positive view whilst 40% […]
BFS structures £9.3m facility for SBZ Corporation
Tue 5 Dec 2017
SBZ Corporation, a global manufacturer and distributor of additives and chemicals for the oil industry, has received a £9.35m funding line from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) to grow its operations. The new funding provides a mixture of invoice finance (£7m), trade finance (£1.5m) and FX facilities (£150k). In addition to funding the UK business, BFS […]
MarketInvoice records successful month
Wed 5 Jul 2017
MarketInvoice has registered a record month of invoice finance funding since launching in 2011. June was the company’s busiest month funding invoices worth £64.2m, with the total number of invoices funded up 57.2% from £103m in Q2 2016 to £161.9m in Q2 2017. MarketInvoice Pro, the confidential invoice facility, is being held responsible in large […]