Industry Verticals

CFIT and industry partners begin work to unlock SME lending

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) and its industry partners set out how they plan to tackle the United Kingdom’s small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) credit gap, as part of a new coalition d...

Record levels of lending at ThinCats despite challenges in market 

ThinCats, a leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, has announced a record year of lending for its financial year, which ended on 30th, June 2025. Over the past 12 months, ThinCats provided £381 million ...

iplicit and Cin7 announce strategic partnership to address ‘neglected’ who...

iplicit, an award-winning cloud provider, has announced a strategic partnership with inventory management leader, Cin7, to fill a critical gap in the UK’s wholesale and distribution midmarket. The partnership will see i...

Forterro strengthens Business Intelligence capabilities with acquisition of...

European industrial software provider, Forterro, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire TARGIT, a Denmark-headquartered Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software company that serves more than 1,000 SME...

Businesses absorb NI increase as costs return to pre-hike levels, data shows 

British businesses are absorbing the impact of the government’s NI increase, with employer contributions briefly rising in April before returning to pre-hike levels in May.   This is according to PayFit’s ana...

AI driving productivity gap in UK small businesses as leaders cite it as top...

A new report from global HR, payroll and employment platform, Employment Hero, reveals AI implementation is now the top challenge for small business leaders, with four in five putting it ahead of economic pressures...

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