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.
Read Our October Bulletin – Find out how we’ve been supporting female-led businesses
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SWIG Finance Supports Female-led Business
As advocates of women in business, we are delighted that our half- year statistics to September 2019 show that 38% of our Start Up Loans and 50% of our SME loans were made to female-led businesses. We have an increasing number of success stories. One of our recent...
Growth Accelerates at SWIG Finance
SWIG Finance is delighted to announce the appointment of Clare Lenihan-Thomas, who has joined the team as a Business Manager. Clare gained a Psychology degree in 2013 at the University of London before joining Lloyds Banking Group with whom she underwent Lloyds’...
Read Our September Bulletin
Read our September Bulletin
Top Tips on Applying for Start Up Finance
Whether you are only just considering turning your amazing idea into a start-up business, or have already begun the process, the reality is that you may need to raise some external finance to take your venture to the next level. The loan application process can be...
SWIG Finance Helps Local Florist Business to Flourish
Green-fingered Ellie Truscott has always had a passion for all thing’s nature, and the journey she embarked on that led her to opening The Flower Press Shop in Truro is certainly an organic one. With a background in gardening, fate led Ellie to consider a future in...
CIOSIF Loan to Help Ethical Homeware Designer Grow
A manufacturer and distributor of ethical and environmentally responsible homeware products is the latest business to receive funding support from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF), with an £80,000 loan made up of £35,000 from CIOSIF and...
How SWIG Finance differs from other alternative finance providers operating in the Southwest.
SWIG Finance – Part of the national CDFI network John Peters, Managing Director of SWIG Finance takes a look at what makes a different alternative finance provider. At a recent meeting with a team Business Bank Managers, I was asked to explain how SWIG Finance differs...
Read our June Bulletin – we’ve been busy out and about and helping businesses access loans to start up and grow
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SWIG FINANCE ATTEND THE SOUTHWEST’S LARGEST BUSINESS EVENT
Nicola Mapp, Bristol Business Manager enjoyed a great day meeting clients and prospects at the Business Showcase SouthWest at Ashton Gate in Bristol on 19th June. "The event was lively and interest in business finance, loans and assistance was good. We made...