Over half (54%) of UK SMEs have still done nothing to prepare for Brexit and 59% believe there will be a recession within the next 12 months, according to new research from Bibby Financial Services.

Redwood Bank has become the latest firm to join the Women in Finance Charter.

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has appointed Vic Jannels as its new CEO.

Hampshire Trust Bank has invested in asset finance software, Alfa Systems.

Funding Options has partnered with predictive company intelligence platform, DueDil, to simplify its customer journey and speed up finance applications.

Midlands Asset Finance has crated a new national healthcare finance division.

There has been a sharp increase in SMEs looking to borrow money to finance growth in the first half of 2019, according to a report by the BVA BDRC SME Finance Monitor.

MarketInvoice has updated its name to MarketFinance as it broadens its lending proposition for UK businesses.

Business optimism amongst SME manufacturing firms deteriorated in the three months to October at the fastest pace since July 2016, according to the latest quarterly CBI SME Trends Survey.

Nucleus Commercial Finance has announced changes to its cash flow finance product to deliver more finance options for UK SMEs.