{"id":18966,"date":"2025-02-11T08:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/?p=18966"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:08:28","slug":"time-finance-clocks-up-100m-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/news\/18966-time-finance-clocks-up-100m-milestone","title":{"rendered":"Time Finance clocks up \u00a3100m milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time Finance has achieved a major milestone after the group&#8217;s Hard Asset lending portfolio has reached an all-time record high, exceeding \u00a3100m for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The portfolio is the focus of the group&#8217;s Asset Finance business and it now has an unbroken three-and-a-half record of increasing in size month-on-month.<\/p>\n<p>The AIM-listed independent specialist finance provider has set the target of growing its overall lending book to more than \u00a3300m in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Rimmer, chief executive of Time Finance, said: &#8220;Growing our lending book is one of the core pillars of our strategic plan and Hard Asset, alongside Invoice Finance, are the two key areas expected to drive this growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To break through the \u00a3100m milestone in Hard Asset is an achievement we are very proud of, and it sets us on a firm footing to achieve our medium-term aim of growing the combined group lending book to \u00a3300m by the end of May 2028.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As at January 31, the unaudited value of the group&#8217;s Hard Asset lending portfolio reached \u00a3103m. 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