Upstream ABL Partner Lewis McCallan says future-focused local businesses are benefiting from more accessible flexible finance streams. Running a business isn’t easy, with inflationary pressures, skills shortages and economic uncertainty all weighing on motivations to drive growth and increase profit. Meanwhile, more businesses are also becoming increasingly concerned that the [...]

Upstream ABL, Northern Ireland’s leading provider of flexible funding solutions for business, has welcomed the appointment of Gerard Donnelly as Business Analyst in a further expansion of its team. A former Credit and Risk Manager at Northern Ireland agri-technology firm Devenish Nutrition, Gerard has enjoyed a strong career in finance [...]

Belfast-based Asset Based Lending specialist Upstream ABL partners with leading renewable power firm Strategic Power Group to support developments across Ireland Upstream ABL, the Belfast-based Structured Asset Based Lending (ABL) specialist, has partnered with renewable energy project developer Strategic Power Group (“SPG”) to help create some of the largest solar and battery developments [...]

Upstream ABL is supporting a new generation of rugby players by ramping up its backing of CIYMS Rugby Football Club and committing to the 1st XV Senior Squad. The Structured Asset Based Lending specialist is partnering with the East Belfast club to become its main jersey sponsor, integrating its new [...]

Upstream ABL has appointed Joanne Hodgen as Client Auditor, further strengthening the company’s expertise in delivering tailored working capital and structured finance solutions. Joanne joins the team following a long and distinguished career of more than 35 years at Danske Bank, where she served as Financial Control and VAT Manager. [...]

Azem Hanif joins Upstream ABL from Danske Bank to support the structured asset-based lending specialist to support continued growth Upstream ABL has appointed Azem Hanif as Credit and Risk Partner amid strong demand for its flexible, funding solutions designed to supercharge the ambitions of a growing number of Northern Ireland [...]

Upstream ABL partners with Northern Ireland Hospitality and Real Estate group Norlin to drive expansion across the UK and Ireland Norlin has secured a major multimillion-pound deal to roll out a number of major regeneration-led entertainment venues across the UK. The funding arrangement has been provided by Upstream ABL and [...]

Upstream ABL supports leading Northern Ireland ventilation specialist to drive long term strategic growth Brookvent, a Northern Ireland leader in the provision of energy saving ventilation systems, has secured a major financial funding package from Belfast-based Structured Asset Based Lending (ABL) specialist Upstream ABL to unlock new opportunities for export [...]

Future is sweet for leading NI businessman and entrepreneur Paul Allen following latest expansion Belfast-headquartered Structured Asset-Based Lending (ABL) specialist, Upstream, has successfully completed one of its first major transactions since its recent management buyout (MBO), completing a multimillion-pound deal to help finance the acquisition of one of Northern Ireland’s largest confectionery businesses. Courtney [...]

Belfast-headquartered asset-based lending (ABL) specialist, Upstream, has successfully completed a management buyout (MBO) of the business, bringing it back into full local ownership. The MBO team, led by original Upstream founder, Judith Totten MBE, has secured an agreement to buy the business back from the US securitisation fund, which acquired [...]