Richard Davies

6 days ago | cityam.com | Richard Davies |Anna Moloney

Thursday 08 May 2025 5:55 am | Updated: Wednesday 07 May 2025 4:24 pm Britain’s SMEs must get over their aversion to debt to ramp up growth Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys circa 1923: Men stacking silver at the Royal Mint. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Britain’s small businesses can power growth, but only with a rebooted SME finance market, writes Allica Bank CEO Richard Davies By any measure, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the UK economy,...

4 weeks ago | ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Richard Davies

Allica – the only bank built for established SME businesses and Britain’s fastest-growing fintech ever – today publishes its latest Annual Report, revealing a near doubling in profits of £29.9 million in 2024 (FY23 £16.1m). The growth was driven by significant investment in digital infrastructure, leading to a surge in revenue as the digitally-native bank grew its loan book to over £3 billion and customer deposits surpassed £4 billion.

1 month ago | resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Josh Carter |Will Nash |Richard Davies

INTRODUCTION Climate change is an ever-growing issue for global biodiversity. There was a steady increase in global surface temperatures between 1951 and 2010, of which more than half was likely due to human emissions (IPCC, 2014); such warming has since continued (IPCC, 2023). Of concern is not only a rise in average temperatures but also the growing threat of heatwaves – periods of elevated temperatures relative to normal conditions.

2 months ago | ffnews.com | Lauren Hinton |Chloe Fenton |Richard Davies

Allica Bank has unveiled a rebrand which puts the firm’s commitment to giving established businesses the banking they deserve front and centre of its offering. A bright orange bowler hat replaces Allica’s previous shield logo and represents how Allica is transforming finance for established businesses by combining the relationship banking they used to enjoy with powerful technology and rewards for using their account.

2 months ago | mdpi.com | Lucy Lovell |Richard Davies |Dexter V. L

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