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OakNorth Bank lends £15M to leading hotel family business, JMK Group, for freehold buyout of two London hotels and upgrades to an existing hotel

Thursday August 4th, 2022

JMK group is a family-run, privately owned hospitality group founded in 2009, which started as a small boutique hotel in Kensington; Since then, the Group’s portfolio has grown into a portfolio of hotels, properties, and coffee houses across London and Ireland; The capital from OakNorth Bank will fund the freehold buyout of two hotels and […]

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OakNorth Bank lends £2.3M to Create Real Estate to convert a vacant casino in central Bristol into new offices

Tuesday August 2nd, 2022

Founded in 2018, Create Real Estate acquires UK real estate assets with the opportunity to add significant economic, social and environmental value through intensive asset management and development; The capital from OakNorth Bank will support the conversion of vacant upper floors of a building in central Bristol from a casino into offices; According to the […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £2.1M loan to West Yorkshire-based family-run, textile business, Europa Wools, to support a management buy-out

Thursday July 14th, 2022

Europa Wools is a major player in the global textile industry, specialising in wool from New Zealand, Australia and Britain; The firm supplies over one million kilograms of textile raw materials to the international wool trade annually – making it one of the industry’s leading UK wholesalers;  The capital from OakNorth Bank will allow Richard […]

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OakNorth Bank lends £1.75M for management buyout of BTTC Infrastructure, a management consultancy focused on rail infrastructure projects

Tuesday July 12th, 2022

Launched in December 2016, BTTC Infrastructure operates from offices in Manchester, London and Toronto, catering to the UK and Canadian markets with clients including Network Rail and Metrolinx The capital from OakNorth Bank will support the management buyout of two of the business’ three founding members; Post transaction, the business’ growth will be driven by […]

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OakNorth Bank completes bespoke loan to support the redevelopment of major industrial estate in Derbyshire set to create 4,000 jobs for the region

Thursday June 30th, 2022

The project is being led by Verdant Regeneration, whose management team have successfully acquired and redeveloped industrial sites across the UK for over three decades; Previously the Stanton Ironworks, the site called, New Stanton Park covers over 200-acres of land between the villages of Stanton-by-Dale and Ilkeston in Derbyshire; The scheme will provide 2.6 million […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £5.3M loan to Kent-based, AFM Wealth, to support IFA acquisition programme

Tuesday June 28th, 2022

Founded in February 2020, AFM Wealth is the holding company for independently owned financial advisory firm, Absolute Financial Management; With over 4,500 clients and assets under management (AUM) exceeding £500M, the firm provides expert financial advice for both businesses and individuals; The capital will be used to support AFM Wealth’s acquisition programme, which has seen […]

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