Category Archives: Borrowers

The growth of marketplace business lending

Ewan McDonald Sep 5, 2019 Borrowers

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

The benefits of using alternative finance

Gareth Mackie Aug 30, 2019 Borrowers

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

Pickering’s Gin: A Borrower Story

Gareth Mackie Aug 24, 2019 Borrowers | Case Studies

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

What are your options for business finance?

Gareth Mackie May 23, 2019 Borrowers

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