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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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OakNorth reports £33.9m profit for 2018 and commits to donating 1% of all future net profit to charitable causes and social entrepreneurship

Wednesday March 20th, 2019

OakNorth has seen a 220% increase in its profit-before-tax – up from £10.6m in 2017 to £33.9m in 2018; The bank, which lends £0.5m-£40m to profitable, scale-up, British businesses, also saw its total loan facilities grow by 160% from £850m in 2017 to £2.2bn in 2018; OakNorth has now lent over £3bn since its launch […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £2.4m loan to Sire Properties to acquire a long-standing care home in Hampshire

Tuesday March 12th, 2019

The finance will be used to acquire Old Raven House, a grade II listed detached care home registered with the Care Quality Commission; The site consists of 29 bedrooms but has planning permission to add a further nine bedrooms to take total capacity to 45 residents; The care home has been 100 percent occupied for […]

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OakNorth Bank lends £16.7m to family-run Westcombe Group for new developments in Isleworth and Northwood

Tuesday March 5th, 2019

OakNorth has completed a transaction with Westcombe Group, a leading property developer established for over 50 years focused on luxury developments in London; The finance will be used to develop several residential properties in Isleworth in the London Borough of Hounslow and Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon; The properties will be focused on […]

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OakNorth, Europe’s most highly-valued fintech, and ClearBank®, the first new clearing bank in 250 years, announce strategic partnership

Monday February 25th, 2019

OakNorth, which has lent over £2.7bn to businesses across the UK, has today announced a strategic partnership with ClearBank®. The business will leverage ClearBank®’s platform to provide highly scalable real-time payments and agency banking services. OakNorth will start off by using ClearBank®’s real-time Faster Payments infrastructure, allowing for instant payments. Amir Nooriala, COO of OakNorth, […]

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