Paragon Bank has strengthened its SME Lending broker team with the appointment of Ollie Shrubsall as Business Development Manager.

Paragon Bank has provided £300,000 funding to Mackie Pharmacy (JP Mackie & Co Ltd), in order to fund a robotic dispenser and six prescription dispensing machines. The integration of this new technolog

Paragon Bank has provided a £47,000 asset finance deal to Blackpool-based waste removal business Job Logistics Ltd in order to fund two new waste tipping vans. 

Paragon Bank has provided £160,000 in funding to The Log Company, a Richmond-based business that specialises in logs, wood fuel and outdoor living equipment. 

Farming SMEs are bouncing back from the pandemic nearly twice as fast as other industries, with 96% of business owners reporting that their turnover now either matches or exceeds pre-COVID levels.

New research from Paragon Bank revealed that six in ten SMEs are increasing their innovation budget compared to pre-COVID, with more than three quarters of business owners (77%) prioritising this.

New research from Paragon Bank  revealed that 54% of UK SMEs have already either met or exceeded pre-pandemic turnover levels, with more than nine in ten feeling positive about their recovery.

Paragon Bank has provided a £785,000 finance package to support the acquisition of Exeter-based logistics business, STR Logistics, following the retirement of owner. 

Paragon Bank has provided a £975,000 finance package to Midd Engineering, a Coventry-based specialist engineering business, to support the takeover by a new owner after it was sold last year.  

Paragon Bank’s construction finance team has strengthened its regional presence in the Midlands and South West with the appointment of business development manager Todd Auger.