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84 new businesses were created every hour across Britain in the first half of 2025 despite continued economic uncertainty, according to the annual Business Hotspots list from iwoca — one of Europe’s largest SME lenders. iwoca’s research, derived from an analysis of Companies House data, finds that over 363,000 businesses were registered in Britain between January and June 2025.
With Pride events kicking off across the capital, we visited some of the small businesses around London who are celebrating the Pride Jubilee, to find out what it means to them.
To help finance even more businesses through our partners, we're launching OpenLending with 14 powerful fintech platforms.
It’s been a tough time to run a business recently – we launched a survey to find out exactly what sacrifices business owners have been making during the pandemic.
The award will help us secure the firepower we need to fund over 150,000 business, and make £5 billion in finance available to them by 2023.
Sharif Mohamed is head of business development for partnerships at iwoca. Here, he explains what OpenLending is and why we’re so excited about it.
