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 January Newsletter Here
Find out about our latest team updates, top tips, case studies and more.
Making Your Business Attractive to Lenders
What can you do to make your business attractive to lenders? Business Manager, Nicola Mapp, shares her top tips to help you get ‘investment ready’.
Dave Bullen joins SWIG Finance as Head of Finance
We are delighted to announce that Dave Bullen has joined the team as Head of Finance, a newly created role that was formed through continued increase in business activity.
Our December Bulletin is out
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Classic Car Specialist Fuels Expansion with Further Funding
Bristol-based classic car specialists, UKD Auto, recently obtained further funding from SWIG Finance to help drive their next phase of business growth. The family-run business is led by ambitious and determined siblings Holly and Luke Arnold, who set up business in...
What is ‘Alternative’ Finance?
In this article, SWIG Finance’s Business Manager, Mike Chapman, takes a look at what Alternative Finance is, how it differs from traditional lending and how it could benefit your business.
SWIG Finance Welcomes Charlie Martin to the Team
Charlie joins us as Start Up Loans Officer and will be providing support to customers applying for a Start Up Loan.
Read Our October Bulletin – Find out how we’ve been supporting female-led businesses
Read our Bulletin here
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’...