Latest News
News, updates, opportunities and press coverage from around the South West. Read the latest news, events, opportunities and press coverage from SWIG Finance across the South West region. You can stay up to date with news from SWIG Finance each month via our monthly email news bulletin or through following us on LinkedIn.
Mappix receive prestigious award
A Cornish business has been recognised at a national level by the Start Up Loans Company with the prestigious Start Up Loans ‘Business of the Year’ award. Mappix, launched in 2015 by Charity Wilson from Penzance, was entered for the awards by SWIG Finance, the South...
Business Manager roles: Exeter and Bristol
JOB ADVERT BUSINESS MANAGERS – BRISTOL AND EXETER AREAS SWIG Finance is a Responsible Finance Provider. As a lender and manager of funds, we are committed to providing viable SMEs and start-ups with access to finance in the South West region. We are a Delivery Partner...
Rocket Gardens shortlisted for award
SWIG Finance client, Rocket Gardens has been shortlisted for two categories at the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards. A transformative prize of £7,500 will be awarded to the winner in each category at an Awards Ceremony on 13 March 2019 in Liverpool. The Citi...
A matter of life and debt
An ethical loan inspires children to fight the plague of plastic pollution: The BBC documentary series, A Matter of Life and Debt, highlights socially motivated lenders across the country and tells the stories of people whose lives have been transformed by a...
SWIG Finance strengthens Cornwall team
SWIG Finance was delighted to welcome a new member to the team in September. Mike Wall joins the Truro office as a Business Manager to work on a number of funds supporting clients with applications for funding. Mike has a wealth of experience, with 28 years of...
SWIG Finance visits New York
SWIG Finance MD, John Peters recently joined a UK CDFI delegation to New York City, organised by Big Society Capital. The trip, funded by CiTi Bank was to give Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFI), such as SWIG Finance an opportunity to learn from the...
Start Up Loans Success
Since its launch in 2012 the Start Up Loans Fund has invested in more than 55,000 business ideas with more than £400 million in loans nationally. SWIG Finance has been the South West delivery partner for the fund since the beginning supporting fledgling businesses...
SWIG Finance launches new South West fund
SWIG Finance has launched its first loan fund using the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme (EFG) and Community Investment Tax Relief (CITR) with investment from Triodos Bank. The loan fund, worth £1.5m, will support an estimated 30 SMEs in the South West that...
New base in Bristol for SWIG Finance team
After 26 years at The Coach House in Upper York Street, SWIG Finance's Bristol team has made the move to new offices in Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh. SWIG Finance are in good company at Leigh Court, which is also the home of Business West, the region’s largest...
Cheese on Coast
A couple from the Midlands left their old lives behind and moved to St Ives in order to launch their own business and create a better life for themselves. Nick and Claire Gane left thirty year careers in Construction Management and Nursing and re-trained in cheese...