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OakNorth Bank completes £2.5m loan to multi-site specialist school, Cressey College, to support the groups growth strategy

Tuesday May 14th, 2019

Founded in 2009, Cressey College (Cressey) is a multi-site special school for students aged between 5-19 with social, emotional, and learning difficulties; With over 170 staff, Cressey offers onsite and offsite programs from six sites across South London; The finance will be used to support existing school site capital expenditure and the roll out of […]

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OakNorth Bank completes debt finance deal with the UK’s leading hydro shop, GroWell, for management buyout and working capital

Thursday May 9th, 2019

Founded in 1994, Growell Hydroponics & Plant Lighting Ltd (GroWell) is the UK’s leading retailers of hydroponic equipment and consumables; Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without the use of soil, providing artificial lights and roots submerged in a nutrient-rich solution, which enables the cultivation of plants not dependent on local climate; In the […]

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Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, OakNorth Bank continues supporting British SMEs with senior lending hires in Manchester, the Midlands and the South West

Monday April 29th, 2019

To date, OakNorth has lent £3bn, helping to create 10,000 new homes and 13,000 new jobs across the UK[1]; OakNorth’s regional expansion will come as a welcome sign to British businesses that it has every intention to continue supporting them at a time when many lenders will be retrenching from the market; Overseeing lending operations […]

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Montreaux to apply for planning permission to build 1000 new homes in Cricklewood following financing from OakNorth and ASK Partners

Monday April 15th, 2019

OakNorth and ASK Partners have completed a transaction with Montreaux, a leading property investment and development company focused on mixed use and residential schemes across the UK; The finance will be used to acquire an 86,000 sq. ft. warehouse and 470 car parking spaces in Cricklewood and submit planning permission to build a residential-led mixed […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £12m loan to leading real estate fund manager Frogmore for creation of new dementia care home in Bayswater

Thursday April 4th, 2019

OakNorth has completed a transaction with Frogmore, one of the UK’s leading real estate investment managers; The finance will be used to acquire a four-storey serviced apartment block and submit planning permission to convert it into a 35-bedroom care home focusing on providing accommodation for those suffering from Dementia; The area, typified by large Georgian […]

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OakNorth Bank announces British Business Bank ENABLE Guarantee of £133m

Wednesday March 27th, 2019

OakNorth has today announced its participation in the ENABLE Guarantee programme, securing a guarantee of £133m from the British Business Bank, the UK government’s economic development bank. OakNorth will use the guarantee to strengthen further its lending support to fast-growth businesses and established property developers and investors. The ENABLE Guarantee programme is designed to encourage […]

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