COMMERCIAL FINANCE
Ten years at the top Fifty takeaways from the biggest and best show for UK intermediaries
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Wednesday June 19th saw a record-breaking 1707 delegates pass through the registration desk at Birmingham’s NEC – up 26% on the previous year.
The delegates were joined by 138 exhibitors spanning the asset and leasing, Buy-to-let, bridging, development, commercial mortgages, unsecured, invoice and factoring and cashflow sectors.
This was the NACFB Commercial Finance Expo’s tenth birthday, a decade which has seen attendance increase by over 500%.
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The NACFB Expo wasn’t the only tenth birthday being celebrated. Support sponsor Aldermore heralded a decade of providing business loans. Their ‘Spin the Birthday Cake’ competition attracted 282 entries.
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The event’s mobile app, sponsored by Keystone Property Finance, received 8691 page hits on the day – 44% more than last year.
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40 new brokerages expressed an interest in becoming a Member of the NACFB – the UK’s largest independent and not-for-profit trade body for commercial finance professionals.
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Attendees shared 1326 Twitter posts on the day using the event hashtags #CFE2019 and #NACFB.
Half of delegates downloaded ‘CFE 2019’ the mobile app. The app was used to book 65 meetings and send 139 messages to exhibitors.
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