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SMEs cautiously optimistic about Burnham, but need him to cut the cost of doing business

August 6, 2026

SME leaders are more optimistic about their future with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister than under Sir Keir Starmer, but want to see the Government take action on reducing costs, according to new research by iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders.

iwoca closes £250m funding structure with a leading UK bank and Waterfall Asset Management to support more businesses with flexible finance

July 27, 2026

60% of SMEs would accept more EU regulation for closer trade ties

June 22, 2026

Nearly 6 in 10 sole traders trading less – or not at all – as restrictions ease

October 4, 2022

Our survey finds that sole traders may have been worst affected by COVID restrictions.

Half of small businesses call for Government to introduce energy grants in emergency Budget

September 6, 2022

Small businesses are looking to the new Government’s expected emergency Budget to ease the squeeze of soaring energy costs and a looming recession, according to our new survey. See our press release and the results below.

Over 90 new businesses were created every hour across UK in first half of 2022

August 17, 2022

Our latest Small Business Hotspots list reveals that 93 new businesses were created every hour across the UK in the first half of 2022. Read on to find out which places came top (and bottom) for new business creation numbers.

iwoca SME Expert Index: Recession risk sparks concern in SMEs as demand for finance rises

August 1, 2022

Download our Q2 2022 SME Expert Index and read our press release below to find out the results.

iwoca’s Flexi-Loan product more than doubles to £500,000 to meet small business demand

July 22, 2022

We've more than doubled the maximum size of our business loan offering to meet small business demand – we're now offering business loans up to 500k.