Close Brothers eager to keep pace with rapid developments in Cork

Stephen McCarthy, sales director; Chris Guilfoyle, vendor manager and auditor; and Willie John Manley, sales director, Close Brothers

Munster is seeing rapid development, with increasing investment in infrastructure around Cork and a significant number of start-ups and other businesses establishing. That’s according to Stephen McCarthy, regional director at the banking division of Close Brothers.

Despite this, many businesses are frustrated with traditional funding options, finding the process of securing sufficient funding laborious, according to McCarthy.

He said alternative lenders like Close Brothers could offer quick decision-making and commercial awareness by structuring ...