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Business Finance, Commercial Lending, Property Finance and Commercial Mortgages. That's what we do.
What makes us different is how we do it. It's why lenders want to work with us and why our clients love us.
Finance For Trading Businesses
Providing innovative and hassle free finance for your trading business. Bespoke lending to suit the needs of your business.
Property Finance & Commercial Mortgages
Property Finance. Commercial mortgages, semi-commercial and mixed use property loans. Development & Bridging finance.
Case Studies of completed work
Real case studies demonstrating the variety of work we have completed. Real case studies showing what we have achieved for our clients.
Business & Lending Video Guides
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The facts about business lending
The world of business finances has changed in the past 10 years. The traditional lenders have continued to be stalwarts of the industry, but the demands of the client have progressed.
Both trading businesses and property investors are seeing opportunities to grow. The demand is for quicker funding, quicker answers and for the whole process to be straightforward.
There are still myths about commercial lending and access to business finance, just try not to believe too many of them.
Trading history, credit standing or needing money for a particular purpose can all be OK.
It can be quick, it can be painless and we can show you your options without any commitment.
know the options
A recent survey showed 80 percent of businesses were unaware of the finance options available to them
alternatives
48 percent of small business lending is now done outside the big 5 banks
property finance
56 percent of property investors intend to expand this year. The majority will do so as limited companies
speed
70 percent of companies said speed of decision was their number one priority. Getting an answer and funds quickly
our latest videos
The best commercial finance video tips, tricks and insider secrets. Full library of video tips available on our Youtube channel. Short two minute videos covering everything from commercial mortgages to development finance, from crowdfunding to how credit reports work.
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latest news and blogs
Family Mortgages & Gifted Deposits
Family Mortgages & Gifted Deposits House prices in the UK have risen sharply over the last 20 years, no great surprise there. Wages have grown less sharply. In the same 20 year period mortgage payments have risen from 20% of take-home pay to 35% of take-home pay. In London, this reaches 64%. These two graphs
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Seasonality & Financing Seasonal Trends
Seasonality & Financing Seasonal Trends The fact is that almost every business is seasonal in some way, there are largely predictable periods of high and low, busy and quiet. The strange part is there is very little research around the impact of seasonality, there is even less around how businesses should be contingency planning and
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Why Businesses With Cash Borrow
Why businesses with cash borrow A few weeks ago I was in a room of financial advisers talking about commercial borrowing. A difficult audience as, the too often heard statement, of ‘my clients have cash’ reared its head as a reason why businesses don’t need to borrow. The fact remains that businesses with cash and
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Magellan Homeloans Closing – What It Means For Buy to Let
Magellan Homeloans The announcement by Magellan Homeloans that they are closed to new business generates some interesting questions about the future of buy to let lending, it also begs the questions of what comes next and whether this is the start of a new trend. Matt Gilmour, CEO of Magellan Homeloans said; “The competitive landscape
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What is Open Banking?
What is Open Banking? In 2016 The Competition & Markets Authority undertook a review into the UK banking sector and looked at the barriers facing new entrants. For a long time, the major traditional players were able to put up high barriers to new entrants and it was felt this stifled innovation and choice for
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Listed Property – Tips on mortgaging
Lending For Listed Property It may be a surprise to realise that many buyers don’t realise the property they are looking at acquiring is listed. For those that own property outright who then look to remortgage often only find out about it being listed someway down the line, usually after costs have been incurred. This
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The Friends Effect
The Friends Effect So no one told you life was gonna be this way, love life DOA and all that. The Friends effect is changing how young professionals live and changing the demand for buy to let. Typically an HMO (House of multiple occupancy) was considered as lower quality accommodation or student lets, especially by
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Why commercial borrowing can cost more
Why does commercial finance cost more? It is a common question as to why some types of commercial borrowing cost more than others, or why a residential mortgage always costs less. The reason sits a little in risk and a lot more in how banks borrow and how their rules on liquidity work. Let me
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