Shawbrook Financial Sponsors lending exceeds £250m in H1
The performance took the bank's Financial Sponsors lending book above £1bn.
Shawbrook’s Financial Sponsors team has deployed over £250m of incremental lending this year, marking its strongest first-half lending performance to date.
The performance took the bank’s Financial Sponsors lending book above £1bn, despite subdued deal volumes and competition for opportunities across the UK lower mid-market.
During the period, Shawbrook supported new platforms and existing sponsor relationships across technology, education, healthcare and business services.
The bank said the first-half performance reflected the growing scale of its sponsor network and its ability to structure funding for UK SMEs.
James Salmon, head of financial sponsors at Shawbrook, said: “To deliver this record figure in such a competitive and challenging market is a real statement of strength of the team.
“This result reflects the depth and quality of the relationships we’ve built across the sponsor community, our ability to differentiate through service and speed, and our absolute focus on delivering a premium, dependable service for borrowers at every stage of a deal.
“We’re proud to be backing such an exciting raft of new platforms, and the pipeline gives us real confidence as we move through the second half of the year.”
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