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90 new businesses created every hour across Britain as business registrations rebound in 2026

September 3, 2026

90 new businesses were created every hour across Britain in the first half of 2026 – the equivalent of a new company roughly every 40 seconds – according to the annual Business Hotspots report from iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders.

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

August 6, 2026

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

July 27, 2026

Fintech lenders are best placed to deliver Government support to micro businesses

October 7, 2020

iwoca CEO and co-founder Christoph Rieche on why we welcome Government support for small and micro businesses at a time when they need us the most.

We're calling for collaboration with the major banks, having raised debt financing to support new customers.

October 7, 2020

We’ve raised debt financing to support new CBILS customers. Now, we’re asking the banks to work with us.

Coronavirus – an update from our CEO

October 7, 2020

iwoca co-founder and CEO Christoph Rieche gives his thoughts on the fast-moving COVID-19 outbreak.

Nearly three quarters of business owners think they’ll take no more than 5 days holiday in the next 12 months

September 16, 2020

We know it’s tough to find time to wind down if you run a business. To find out more, iwoca launched a survey to understand how much time business owners were managing to take off, and their holiday plans for the coming year.

How iwocaPay helped Robot Mascot close more sales and protect them from fraud

September 14, 2020

Using iwocaPay, Robot Mascot avoided taking on work in good faith and paying the price