CreditSquare today announces the completion of the acquisition of a significant facilities management business by Stirling Chase – one of the largest ever peer-to-peer financed company acquisitions CreditSquare led the structuring and arranging of the »

CreditSquare is mentioned as a ‘notable example’ of the new breed of alternative lending broker in an interesting article by Investigo’s Chris Cleland. Chris defines the new class of broker as: …they can give borrowers access »

SME infographic data sources UK Government – “Business population estimates for the UK and regions 2012“ Business Insider  – “Survey suggests 40% of SME finance applications rejected” Albion Ventures – www.albion-ventures.co.uk

Almost half of small businesses in the UK are reported to have been turned down for bank loans according to a new survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (as reported by Harry Wilson in the Telegraph). Even »

Yesterday, the Bank of England released the figures for how the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) had done over the past quarter. The overall net lending since the scheme begun is broadly flat from the »