As the 2026/27 financial year approaches, many UK businesses are preparing for quarterly VAT payments amid tight margins and rising costs. For 2025-26, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that VAT will have raised £179.6 billion*, putting significant pressure on firms’ cash flow. To ease this situation, business can take advantage of a financing solution to help spread the cost of VAT. So far this year the average size of loan paid by Premium Credit to fund VAT bills is £133,000.

As regulated businesses receive their latest ‘on account’ fee notices from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Premium Credit is assisting firms by helping them spread the cost through monthly payments.

With the self-assessment deadline of 31st January 2026 approaching, Premium Credit is highlighting to financial advisers and accountants how its tax funding solutions can help individuals and businesses manage the cost of their tax bills during one of the most financially demanding times of the year.

Consumers are increasingly turning to finance from insurers and premium finance companies to ensure insurance is affordable, new research from the UK’s leading premium finance company, Premium Credit, shows.

Premium Credit is continuing to attract significant volumes of personal lines premium finance business from UK insurance brokers as they move away from Close Brothers Premium Finance, underlining strong broker confidence in the market leader.

According to SMEs themselves or their brokers, around one in four (24%) SMEs are believed to have been underinsured for the past 12 months, new research from the UK’s leading insurance premium finance company, Premium Credit, shows.