Your April newsletter

Welcome to the April edition of the LendingCrowd newsletter, where you can get to know some of our team and find out about our new office in Edinburgh. Thank you for your continued support!

We recently moved into our new office on bustling George Street in the centre of Edinburgh, and the team had a get together to have a tour of the premises, catch up with colleagues and meet the newest team members. Let us know if you’re ever in Edinburgh and would like to meet up – we’d love to show you around!

Broker shout out

Swoop is our Broker of the Month, after a record amount of loan funds paid out in March and a great start to April. Account manager Francisco?thanks the entire team for their fantastic efforts and dedication to getting deals done!

Growing our panel

Pomegranate Commercial Finance has joined our growing introducer community. Account manager Finn says: “Paul and Sandip have been brilliant in their first week and we’re excited about supporting their clients.”

HERE TO HELP

Our Servicing team is on hand to help with any queries about your clients’?loans. Whether it’s a question about repayments, overpayments or account balances – or anything else related to an existing loan – the team can be contacted at?[email protected]

30 seconds with: Flora Campbell

What is your role at LendingCrowd?

I work as a Senior Credit Risk Analyst in the Lending Operations department.

Can you sum up a typical day at work?

I will be working through various applications to prepare them for the Credit Underwriting team. Every day’s a school day and I’m always busy so my days so quickly!

What do you like most about working here?

You are not treated like a number – you feel appreciated and you do have a voice that is listened to at LendingCrowd.

What keeps you busy outside work?

I love going to the gym to switch off. I go most days and have my rest days at the weekend to do other things like see friends and family.?

ECONOMIC ROUND-UP

• The?Bank of England’s?Monetary Policy Committee?will announce its next base rate decision on 9 May. At its March meeting, the MPC voted to keep rates unchanged at 5.25%.
• The rate of inflation, as measured by the?Consumer Prices Index, reduced to 3.2% in March, down from 3.4% in February, as higher petrol prices were offset by a slowdown in food costs.

New faces at LendingCrowd

We recently welcomed another new colleague?– Calum Scrimgeour has joined our Lending Operations team as a Credit Risk Analyst. Calum says: “The thing I’m most looking forward to is transferring skills I’ve gained in a previous role, learning about a new industry and seeing where it takes me.”