In this month’s cover feature, NACFB managing director Norman Chambers, discusses why nations, like businesses, need a clear strategy. He says: “The need for strategy, be it in a startup or a sovereign state, springs from the same human desire: to shape the future, rather than be shaped by it.”

The magazine also includes insight and opinion from NACFB Patrons Allica Bank, NatWest, Triodos Bank, OakNorth Bank, Together, Atom bank, Avamore Capital, and Renaissance Asset Finance. This issue’s profile features NACFB Partner, VAS Valuation Group in which Stephen Todd chief commercial officer and co-founder, shares his thoughts on why commercial property valuations are holding up amid rate rises and an uncertain UK economy.

We talk to Deborah Garlick, CEO at Henpicked who explains how to create a menopause-friendly workplace. In the wake of the Nigel Farage-Coutts debacle, NACFB head of compliance, James Hinch takes a look at politically exposed persons (PEPs) and explains why they matter to brokers and lenders.

Sarah Watkins, deputy director of policy information at Logistics UK shares an overview of the UK logistics sector. In Broker Voice, Lee Simms, managing director at NACFB Member Asset Finance Solutions (UK), puts forward the case for becoming an Appointed Representative (AR).

Lastly, we spend five minutes with Alan Austin, head of asset based lending at NACFB Patron, Metro Bank.