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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

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.

Opening up our new look

January 17, 2020

We’re all about opening doors for small business, so we made it our logo.