"Working with One Stop Business Finance since 2019, we’ve seen the business grow and the positive impact it’s had on the UK SMEs it works with"
- Matthew Newman - Shawbrook
Shawbrook has announced that it has expanded its partnership with One Stop Business Finance (OSBF), increasing its lending facility by 50% to £30m. This marks the fifth increase in six years, underlining the strength of their long-standing collaboration and shared ambitions.
Founded in 2014, OSBF is a specialist lender offering working capital, property development, and bridging finance tailored to SMEs. Its solutions include:
Bridging finance
Working capital loans
Revolving credit facilities
Development funding
The Yorkshire-based lender first secured a £3m revolving credit facility from Shawbrook in 2019 and has progressively increased this line since then. Reflecting Shawbrook’s confidence in OSBF’s relationship-driven approach, the new £30m facility allows OSBF to support more clients, helping them accelerate growth and development projects. It also enhances the company’s capacity to back introducers with larger and more complex deals.
The facility increase comes after a year of record growth for OSBF, which recently surpassed a £50m loan book and aims to reach £100m within the next two years. With a national presence and an expanding team of business development managers, the company continues to strengthen its reputation as a human-focused, opportunity-led lender for SMEs.
Andrew Mackenzie, founder and managing director of OSBF, said: “The increased capacity this facility extension gives us will allow us to explore larger and more complex opportunities through our introducer network."
"This is the fifth increase we've had in six years from Shawbrook, which demonstrates the strength of our relationship and how the team understands our market, the appeal of our proposition and the potential OSBF has for further growth."
Matthew Newman, director, speciality finance at Shawbrook, said: “Working with One Stop Business Finance since 2019, we’ve seen the business grow and the positive impact it’s had on the UK SMEs it works with."
"There's no shortage of demand for the funding and support Andrew and his team provide, and this latest facility increase provides OSBF the capacity to meet that demand and reflects the strength of the relationship we have. This partnership is underpinned by confidence in the knowledge and expertise in both organisations, but also our shared vision to help SMEs businesses invest for growth.”
