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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 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.
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.
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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’...
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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...