finance provider

(in accordance with section 7(2) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act) a body corporate that:

1. (a) lends money or provides credit in the course of a business; or
1. (b) arranges or facilitates the provision of debt or equity finance in the course of a business; or
1. (c) provides, arranges or facilitates invoice discounting or factoring in the course of a business;

but, in accordance with regulation 2(2) of the Small and Medium Sized Business (Credit Information) Regulations, for the purposes of those Regulations it does not include a body corporate that provides credit only by providing goods or services before payment of part, or all of, the amount to be paid for such goods or services.