One Stop Business Finance expands into the South West whilst celebrating 10 years of business

Specialist funding provider One Stop Business Finance is celebrating 10 years of being in business, with a record end to its financial year.

The organisation now covers the vast majority of England and Wales, with Craig Slater joining OSBF as a Business Development Manager in the South West.

Craig spent 15 years with Barclays and gathered a wealth of experience, and is now covering Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, working with new clients.

One Stop Business Finance, which provides a range of flexible funding solutions for SMEs, recently surpassed the £30 million lending mark.

Craig said: “I’m thrilled to join One Stop Business Finance at such an exciting time, and I’m looking forward to talking to SMEs about how we can help them secure funding. If anyone would like to chat about funding opportunities, please do let me know.”

Managing Director Andrew Mackenzie set the business up back in 2014, based on a desire to offer solution-led and responsible funding options to help businesses succeed.

In that time, One Stop Business Finance has lent an impressive £120m to over 500 clients, supporting their businesses when other lenders have said ‘no’. The business has developed a substantial own book lending capability, offering fully secured, short term loans to SME clients.

The model is different from many other lenders in that it is funded privately by a few high net worth, and a large number of smaller lenders, as well as being supported by Shawbrook Bank and Renaissance.  

Andrew said: “I’m immensely proud of how One Stop Business Finance has grown over the past decade. We pride ourselves on the fact that, since the outset, we have a negligible bad debt track record, which is testament to our responsible lending philosophy and the fact that all our lending utilises the services of our solicitors.

“Our success is in no small part down to our excellent team who put every effort into helping our clients, with responsible lending sitting at the very heart of what we do.”