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The SME finance landscape w/Conrad Ford from Allica Bank

Episode Summary

We deep dive into the SME finance landscape in the UK with Conrad Ford who is the Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Allica Bank, a new SME bank in the UK. Prior to that Conrad was also the founder & CEO of Funding Options a leading UK marketplace for business finance.

Episode Notes

In this first episode of our podcast series, Hassan Daher is joined by Conrad Ford who is the Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Allica Bank. We cover the following topics:

• An introduction and Conrad's background. 
• Conrad shares his journey that lead to the creation of Funding Options.
• Allica Bank and how it is different to a high-street bank. 
• The impact of the pandemic on the SME financing landscape.
• Government backed business loans (CBILS & BBLS)  and their impact on SMEs. 
• The SME finance landscape in a post pandemic world. 
• The impact of Brexit on the economy.