Join this session to discuss key themes in a private forum with 6-10 peers from across the credit industry.

As economic pressure on UK businesses intensifies, a growing number of fraudulent entities are targeting business lending. Including offers to purchase, promising directors a clean exit. In many cases, these claims are misleading or false, leaving lenders exposed to increased default risk, weakened recovery prospects, and complex legal challenges.

This senior roundtable brings together leaders from commercial lending, risk, and collections to examine the rise of so-called company rescue and fraud activity within the business & commercial lending market. The discussion will explore how these schemes operate, why they are becoming more prevalent, and how they impact underwriting assumptions, portfolio performance, and post-default outcomes.

Participants will also assess what lenders can do to identify warning signs earlier, strengthen controls across the credit lifecycle, and adapt collections and recovery strategies in response to this evolving threat.

The session provides a peer forum to share emerging intelligence, practical experience, and strategic responses to a risk area that has the potential to materially affect commercial lending portfolios.

Join this session to discuss the key themes below in a private forum with 6-10 peers from across the credit industry:

• How do you measure the output of a diverse workforce
• How do you get the best out of a diverse workforce
• Building a business culture which allows for diverse thinking
• Getting the recruitment right