In this month’s cover feature we celebrate 30 years of the NACFB with a scrapbook of photos from the Summer Party; an afternoon when the sun shone and 600 guests toasted the Association’s commitment to empowering UK business.

The issue also features insight and opinion from a host of NACFB Patrons including Allica Bank, SWIG Finance, Shawbrook Bank, Lloyds Bank, Triodos Bank, Swoop Funding, Mercantile Trust, Unity Trust Bank, and Hope Capital.

Into the mix, we hear from Diana Chrouch OBE on empowering minority-led business owners, Andrew Hardman of Clyde & Co considers the pros and cons of dual representation, and NACFB senior compliance officer Charlotte Mathieson sets out a blueprint for understanding and implementing ESG into a financial services organisation.

Lastly, we spend five minutes with Tatyana Stefanova of LendInvest who shares which deals are most commonly declined, her advice for the modern commercial finance professional, and the law she would pass if she were prime minister for the day.