Wynn Thomas

The UK produces extraordinary businesses. Companies with strong products, genuine global demand, and the ambition to take on new markets. But there's a persistent problem that shows up at exactly the wrong moment. When a business is ready to scale internationally, when the export opportunity is real and the pipeline is live capital becomes the bottleneck. Working capital tightens. Payment cycles stretch. And traditional lenders, built for a different kind of business, struggle to keep up....

London, UK - Monday 23 March 2026 Nighthawk Partners, the UK’s leading early- and mid-stage multi-product lender, has announced a strategic partnership with UK Export Finance (UKEF) aimed at significantly expanding access to export funding for innovative small and medium-sized businesses across the UK. The partnership will enable Nighthawk to deliver new export-focused financing solutions designed specifically for high-growth SMEs looking to scale internationally but facing barriers to...

Introduction With International Women’s Day celebrations and events taking place throughout the month, March is a great time to reflect on both the progress that’s been made in supporting female entrepreneurship as well as the barriers that remain. Despite the growing number of women founding innovative companies, access to capital continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing female founders. The statistics are well known. In the UK, only around 2% of equity investment goes to...