Loan rates for small businesses now seven times what they were during pandemic Average SME loan rate tops 7% as banks’ margins on SME lending return to pre-covid levels alongside… Read more
Our analysis of Bank of England data shows that the value of bank loans to UK SMEs decreased by £14bn in the last year, falling from £209bn to £195bn. This… Read more
Analysis of Bank of England data by Altenburg shows that the value of interest rate swaps held by banks has increased by 93% in just the last nine months, reaching… Read more
An analysis that Altenburg recently undertook of lending data from UK banks shows that the market’s current expectation of interest rate rises over the next nine months will cost businesses… Read more
An article by Kirstin Greatorex. The Economic climate usually reflects the state of the jobs market, stock market, the availability of credit, and how consumers, businesses, economists, and investors view… Read more