UK Agricultural Finance partners with RBS to provide lending support to British farmers

UKAF is the tenth lender to join the panel and the first industry specialist.

As a result, Capital Connections, which helps SMEs access alternative sources of capital outside of traditional financial backing, can for the first time offer a new source of lending to their customers in the farming community. Capital Connections works by signposting a range of innovative sources of finance to business customers.

This can range from crowdfunding to marketplace lenders and now, agricultural and rural finance.

UK Agricultural Finance is a specialist lender for the agricultural sector, providing traditional, responsible lending to farmers with a range of non-regulated loans secured against agricultural land and property across England, Scotland and Wales. These range from £100,000 to £10 million, with terms from one to seven years and a maximum LTV of 65 per cent.

Lord Davies of Abersoch, Chairman of UK Agricultural Finance, said: “The new partnership between UK Agricultural Finance and Capital Connections will be transformational in supporting the farming community with access to flexible and reliable finance. We are delighted to be part of the panel and to add our specialist experience to the innovative range of companies already involved.”

UK Agricultural Finance joins Funding Circle, Assetz Capital, Start Up Loans, Seedrs, Together, iwoca, MarketInvoice, Esme Loans and Royal Bank of Scotland Social & Community Capital. Each provider has been selected to cover a range of different funding products and include a mix of specialty finance and peer-to-peer lending.