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Since the financial crisis a decade ago, banks have been reducing their lending to small businesses. Despite attempts by successive governments to increase the flow of funding to the SME community, many businesses continue to struggle to secure the finance they …Read More
Business loan statistics continue to demonstrate the growing maturity of the UK marketplace business lending sector as a funding option for SMEs. In its infancy, back in 2011, only £21 million of business loans were provided by marketplace lenders, the Cambridge …Read More
Small and medium-sized businesses are the powerhouse of the British economy, making up more than 99% of the business population and accounting for some 60% of all private sector employment. The business loans market is dominated by a handful of large …Read More
LendingCrowd completed a debt financing round for the producer of Pickering’s Gin, Summerhall Distillery, raising £500,000 for the award-winning Scottish spirits brand. The funding round was used by Summerhall Distillery, Edinburgh’s first exclusive gin distillery in 150 years, to expand facilities …Read More
Tech Nation, the UK government-backed organisation that selected LendingCrowd for its prestigious Upscale 4.0 programme, has revealed that the UK has created 13 new ‘unicorns’ – privately owned tech companies valued at more than $1 billion – over the past year. …Read More
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up more than 99% of the business population and account for some 60% of all private sector employment. However, they continue to struggle to secure the business finance they need to grow. Some 90% of …Read More
LendingCrowd, Scotland’s only fintech lending platform, has brought together the government-backed Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) – the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise – and Dutch entrepreneurial bank NIBC to form a unique funding deal to provide small and medium-sized businesses with …Read More
Congratulations to Helen McKay, our Risk & Compliance Officer, on her appointment as Chairperson of the Chartered Banker Institute’s Edinburgh, Fife & Lothians District Centre. Helen, who was the first employee to join LendingCrowd in 2014 and has worked in the …Read More
LendingCrowd Director of Operations Mike Allan (right) with founder and CEO Stuart Lunn. In January, LendingCrowd was delighted to announce that we had been selected to join Tech Nation’s prestigious Upscale programme for high-growth technology start-ups. Our CEO Stuart Lunn attended …Read More
Edinburgh’s LendingCrowd is the only Scottish company chosen to join the prestigious Upscale programme, now in its fourth year. LendingCrowd, the fintech lending platform, is one of 30 fast-growing start-ups selected for the Tech Nation programme from over 100 applications. The …Read More
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