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Together announces quarterly results

Cheadle-based non-bank lender, Together, has announced its quarterly results for the three months ended September 30th, 2024. The three month period has seen the group's loan book grow a further 3% to £7.6 billion, with average monthly lending up 20.5% on the same period last year (£269.3 … [Read more...]

Azets advises bakery business seeking rescue deal

Azets, the UK top ten accounting and advisory firm, alongside Brabners Solicitors, has been advising the fourth-generation family bakery, Oddie's, as it seeks to secure a rescue deal. The Lancashire-based family business risks closure of all of its 13 locations after sale of the business fell … [Read more...]

Azets expands Wealth Management team in Stockport

Azets Wealth Management has expanded its team with the addition of Adam Bickell as Director who will be based at the firm's Stockport office. Adam joins Azets Wealth Management to support the development of a fully integrated wealth and financial planning service for businesses, directors, … [Read more...]

Together upsizes securitisation programme to £1 billion

Cheadle-based non-bank relationship lender, Together, has announced the successful upsizing of its Lakeside securitisation programme (LABS) from £825 million to £1 billion. The LABS facility primarily supports the lender's bridging lending first launched in 2015 as a £225 million revolving … [Read more...]

Expert Opinion: Business Property Relief and Family Businesses

Christian Mancier, Commercial and Corporate Partner at Stockport's Gorvins Solicitors, explains how changes announced in the Budget to Agicultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief could affect family businesses and their inheritance tax planning. For well over 30 years, death has … [Read more...]

Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.75%

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 4.75%, the second cut of this year. Economists on the MPC voted 8-1 in favour of the cut, with the decision following the ONS' announcement that CPI inflation fell below the bank's … [Read more...]

Chancellor promises to “rebuild Britain” in first Budget

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, presented her first Budget since taking office to the House of Commons on 30th October 2024. The first Budget to ever be delivered by a woman, and the first of a Labour government since 2010, Reeves set out plans to increase day-to-day departmental … [Read more...]

Romiley Italian restaurant secures American Express grant funding

The Italian, Romiley is among the independent restaurants in London and Greater Manchester to have secured a share of £220,000 grant funding from a grant scheme backed by American Express. The scheme, now in its third year, is run by the International Downtown Association (IDA) Foundation in … [Read more...]