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Paragon Bank Asset Funding Hub

Strengthen and grow your business with support from an award-winning specialist lender​​​

Established in 1985, Paragon are a FTSE 250 listed company and one of the UK’s leading specialist lenders. We pride ourselves on helping UK farms and agricultural companies get access to funding so their businesses can flourish.

With the uncertainties of Brexit and the current coronavirus pandemic, it’s been an unpredictable start to the year, but preparing for change by leasing or purchasing agriculture equipment allows business owners to guard against any unexpected events or fluctuations in demand, as well as maintaining cash flow.

Our agriculture finance experts, Ian Smith and Russ Nicholls, have over 40 years combined expert knowledge in the complexities of the sector - talk to them today.
 

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  • “Over the years we have built up a friendship with Russ at Paragon, who provides us not only with competitive rates but sound professional advice, all under a relaxed atmosphere. He is able to respond at short notice which enables us flexibility in the marketplace.”
    Edward Morris
    Milton Farms
  • “Fast finance approval, competitive rates and friendly personal service make Paragon our first choice of finance provider.”
    Walling UK Ltd
  • “A fast and professional team with smooth processes – we would always recommend Paragon.“
    Mellor Plant UK

 

What we offer

What we offer

Flexible funding solutions for new and used farming equipment, machinery and vehicles from £25,000 to £400,000 plus.

Our agriculture sector-focussed team can work quickly to arrange funding directly to UK farmers with seasonal payment plans, flexible terms and bespoke solutions available. We also work with manufacturers, dealers and distributors from one-off sales to more structured programmes. So, whatever your funding requirements, we are here to help.

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Commonly funded assets include

Commonly funded assets include

  • ​​​Combine harvesters

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Supporting British Businesses

Paragon continues to support the agricultural sector, providing a funding package to enable the
continued growth of a Lancashire-based family farm.

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Resources

Here you can find tips from our team to help you through these uncertain times, as well as our thoughts on what the future holds and how agriculture is changing

 

We offer finance to business customers only on an unregulated basis. Paragon Commercial Finance Limited is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for credit broking activities and is registered on the Financial Services Register under the firm reference number 733327. Registered in England number 07036669. Registered office 51 Homer Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 3QJ.

Testimonials

    
  • "Congratulate you and the whole team – a mammoth effort well executed."
    Becky Miles, AHDB
  • "Thank you for putting it on. I attended far more than I would have live. Still catching up. Brilliant idea. Very well done. It must have taken a lot of organising. Congratulations."
    Annabel Arnold
  • "Fresh ideas and able to look at exactly what I needed rather than trailing around randomly so a lot more time-efficient and less time spent away from the farm"
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "Cereals Live is looking fab, great job. I have a question, who did your website. We’re looking to put on a big event later in the year and this looks very slick so I was wondering if you’d be able to put me in touch. "
    Darren Hassall
    Chaps-solutions
  • "I just wanted to say thanks for pulling together such a great event. I must say that from a business perspective it works better to get In front of 300 people rather than standing on a stand for 2 days, clearly it’s not as beneficial for crop plots and tractor dealers but I think running a similar online event for services businesses makes a lot of sense moving forwards. I look forward to seeing what comes next. Thanks for all your work and we are happy to be involved in anything moving forwards."
    James Bolesworth
    CRM AgriCommodities Ltd
  • "Our very first Cereals Event has been incredible! Even in the rain and the mud the farmers have this great energy, really enthusiastic about our products! We have had some incredible conversations about our AG weather stations, it’s been a wonderful opportunity to expose us to the UK and kick start our business here"
    Amber Ogborn
    Sencrop
  • "Thanks once again to all the excellent speakers and to Olivia and her colleagues for making it all happen."
    Christopher Horne,
    DIT (Department of International Trade)
  • "Well done to all of those who brought the event together, got us training and ran what I would think was a successful virtual event. Look forward to working with you all in the future, maybe even in person."
    Jonathan Gill
    Harper Adams University
  • "Good quality video, presenters and timing, and i was watching from Australia."
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "Just wanted to tell you that I’ve heard really good feedback about Cereals this year – well done for pulling it out of the bag! "
    Edwina Mullins, Plextek
  • "Able to choose when to listen and which topics to follow. When I go to the event in person, I don't usually attend any of the discussions. I prefer to discuss one to one at the stands and demonstrations."
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "Wow - that's loads of attendees! Thanks Olivia and colleagues for organising a great session and holding our hands with the technology. I enjoyed the other diverse talks and excellent chairing."
    Jennifer Dungait, Soil Health Expert
  • "They were informative. Plenty of webinars to choose from with a good range of topics."
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "a huge thank you from me too – well done to the Cereals team and an extra big thank you to you to Tom, Julian, Clive and Sam. The talks were great and so interesting and like wonderful, enthusiastic professionals that you are, you carried on sharing your great experiences – warts and all through the technical glitches! However the main messages were ones of solutions and practical approaches and the great successes – so thank you from me and keep on farming with a vision to continue to keep on farming!!"
    Caroline Drummond
    LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming)
  • "Convenience of gaining information, more focus as less disruption through a direct conference. We operate in Scotland so time travelling difficult to justify attendance each year."
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "I just wanted to congratulate you and all the team on a remarkable effort in turning Cereals from the outdoor show it has always been into an online show in a matter of months. I attended a number of the seminars and thought they were really interesting and informative. Thank you to Comexposium for all your considerable support of R.A.B.I over the last few years and I hope that you all get to enjoy some well-earned rest."
    Suzy Deeley
    R.A.B.I
  • "Hearing from researchers and farmers about their findings"
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "I just wanted to send you a quick email to say thank you for organising such a wonderful conference in these very trying times. Please pass on my thanks to all the chairs and panellists for such informative talks. I could easily have listened to each individual speaker for an hour or more, so impressive was the depth of their knowledge! Stay safe and best wishes."
    Sharon Cowell
  • "I thought the beer tent was a fabulous end to each day with lots of interactivity"
    Cereals LIVE visitor
  • "I do hope you are really pleased with how the show went last week. Personally, three of us here at Southill Farm thoroughly enjoyed watching various aspects and thought it was very professionally presented."
    Poey, Mike & Claire
    Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust

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