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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

Opening up our new look

January 17, 2020

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

iwoca reveals plan to fix Government's failing Bank Referral Scheme

January 17, 2020

For the sake of the UK's 5.7 million small businesses, iwoca CEO and co-founder Christoph Rieche has written a letter to the Chancellor arguing why the Bank Referral Scheme deserves to be fixed.

iwoca celebrates its 7th birthday today. Hurray!

January 17, 2020

It’s iwoca’s birthday! We’ll be blowing out seven candles on our cake today.Our company was founded back in 2011 by Christoph Rieche, our CEO, and James Dear, our CTO, and we’ve been incredibly busy ever since then.

The biggest sacrifices made when starting a business

August 8, 2019

iwoca’s inaugural Small Business Insights survey shows that more women may have sacrificed pay than men when starting a company.

2018 roundup

January 20, 2019

This has been a year unlike any other for iwoca. So, as is tradition, we’ve taken a quick look back at what we’ve been up to over the past 12 months.