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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.
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...
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 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...