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OakNorth Bank lends £3.7m to Signet Hotel Group for the refurbishment of Grade II-listed, Mitre Hotel, at Hampton Court

Monday May 11th, 2020

Having acquired The Mitre Hotel in January 2020, Signet Hotel Group has secured a loan from OakNorth Bank to refurbish the 36-bedroom hotel and upgrade it from a 3 to a 5-star establishment; The hotel, which is due to re-open in September, has a 60-cover riverside restaurant, a 70-cover brasserie and bar, a 80-cover Orangery, […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £15m loan to Waverstone LLP to support purchase of 135 new retirement apartments across the UK

Monday May 4th, 2020

Capital from OakNorth Bank has supported the portfolio purchase of 135 retirement apartments across the UK by Waverstone LLP, a jointly owned entity between Waverley Investments Limited and McCarthy & Stone Extra Care Living Limited; The apartments have been purchased from McCarthy & Stone, the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, who will […]

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OakNorth Bank completes its first ever fund buy-out deal to FORE Partnership to support the buy-out of a minority shareholder

Thursday April 30th, 2020

OakNorth Bank has supported FORE Partnership’s buy-out of Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management’s 32% minority interest in the business; The buy-out provides FORE with increased independence and agility to navigate the current uncertain market conditions, and to pursue its signature approach to real estate investment; This transaction is the first fund buy-out OakNorth […]

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OakNorth Bank helps support British businesses through the Covid-19 crisis, approving over £36m of new loans in the last two weeks

Wednesday April 8th, 2020

British businesses are in desperate need of capital to see them through the Covid-19 crisis, but many are struggling to obtain the debt finance they need from their clearing bank as quickly as they need it; OakNorth Bank has applied to join CBILS and is awaiting accreditation from the British Business Bank; In the meantime, […]

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OakNorth Bank sees pre-tax profits jump 95% in 2019 to £65.9m and becomes one of the first banks globally to achieve net carbon zero

Monday March 9th, 2020

In just four years since launch, OakNorth Bank has become Europe’s fastest-growing company[1] and ranks amongst the top 1% of banks globally in terms of performance[2]; Using the OakNorth platform, the Bank has profitably lent over £4bn to British businesses since its launch in September 2015, and attracted deposits from 144,000 savers; Its loans have […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £50m transaction with returning client Hayfield to accelerate growth ambitions to 500 homes per annum

Thursday February 20th, 2020

Solihull-headquartered Hayfield, one of the UK’s leading housebuilders, providing a range of properties to suit all tastes and requirements; The bespoke £50m debt finance package from OakNorth Bank will be used to accelerate growth, enabling the three year-old housebuilder to deliver 500 homes per annum over the next 36 months; Previous loans from OakNorth Bank […]

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