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84 new businesses were created every hour across Britain in H1 2025

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.

iwoca and Teya partner as SME demand for finance expected to rise significantly

iwoca SME Expert Index: Three in five brokers submit most SME finance applications to alternative lenders

iwoca SME Expert Index Q4 2022 - full dataset

Full data set for the iwoca SME Expert Index Q4 2022.

iwocaPay becomes the first invoice checkout integration with buy now, pay later option for businesses that integrate with QuickBooks

We've launched our integration with Quickbooks, giving hundreds of thousands of businesses the option to offer B2B buy now, pay later. This will enable them to get paid faster, control their cash flow and make more money.

iwoca hits net profitability as demand for SME capital surges

We reached net profitability in Q4 2022 and experienced over a 50% increase in the number of small and medium-sized businesses we funded across the UK and Germany. We've increased our funding line with Pollen Street Capital from £125m to £170m.

iwocaPay integrates with WooCommerce to offer B2B buy now, pay later to ecommerce businesses

We're today announcing our integration of our B2B payment solution iwocaPay with leading ecommerce software WooCommerce.

Berg Money and iwoca to fuel small business growth with expansion of business loans

We've partnered with Berg Money, the UK payments provider, to roll out our Flexi-loan product.