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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

iwoca becomes first business lender to connect to UK bank via Open Banking

January 17, 2020

We've successfully released Open Banking for all new customers with a Lloyds Bank account.

The top 10 reasons UK business owners start up

January 17, 2020

When it comes to committing to a new venture, our findings prove that making money isn’t everything. So, what are the leading motivations to going alone?

'Faster than Farah': iwoca takes over 12% of all UK small business overdraft approvals

January 17, 2020

We've also overtaken Mo Farah's European record with our fastest business loan of 3 minutes and 26 seconds.

iwoca launches loans within 30 seconds with Funding Xchange and Funding Options

January 17, 2020

Our advanced Lending API will, for the first time, give small business owners immediate real-time loan decisions with finance marketplaces Funding Xchange and Funding Options.

Wow! We've now issued £1 billion in funding

January 17, 2020

Since launching in 2012, we've funded more than 30,000 customers and made finance available for over 50,000 businesses of all shapes and sizes.