In this first episode of our podcast series, Hassan Daher is joined by Conrad Ford who is the Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Allica Bank. We cover the following topics:

• An introduction and Conrad's background. 
• Conrad shares his journey that lead to the creation of Funding Options.
• Allica Bank and how it is different to a high-street bank. 
• The impact of the pandemic on the SME financing landscape.
• Government backed business loans (CBILS & BBLS)  and their impact on SMEs. 
• The SME finance landscape in a post pandemic world. 
• The impact of Brexit on the economy.