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.
SWIG Finance supported business Rocket Gardens named UK “most exceptional” business
Online and mail-order organic plant business Rocket Gardens was this week named the UK’s most exceptional business contributing to social and environmental impacts. The firm now sells more than 1 million organic plants per year and has created a plant growing and mail...
New deli and cafe business to open on The Isles of Scilly after securing Start-Up Loan
Abbigail Ellis who is from The Isles of Scilly had an ambition to run her own business in the community she grew up in. Utilising her skills and experience in catering she is now opening a Café and Deli on the main island of St Marys. To realise this dream additional...
The Pros and Cons of Online Business Borrowing
Did you know, that typically businesses: Leave only 7 days to access funds Spend less than 1-hour researching funding options Apply to only 1 lender Financial technology, often shortened...
Finance for Tourism Businesses
February and March and the run-up to Easter are key times tourism businesses to get up and running and ready for the main season across the Southwest. SWIG is especially keen to hear from businesses from this sector that may be looking to apply for funding to grow or...
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...