Steve Roche is a building contractor who lives in Wimbledon with his wife. Steve needed a quick source of finance for a short period after a client stalled on paying him.

He began to think he would have to sell something to sort out a couple of outstanding bills. He had two high value items to his name… his car, a Jaguar, which he used daily for his business and his prized Rolex Yachtmaster watch. The items were precious to him and he did not want to sell them, therefore he decided to think about taking out a loan against the Rolex. Steve began searching online for companies providing finance against assets when he came across an advert for borro.com. Immediately the interest rates jumped out at him. They were a lot lower than he had found elsewhere and the service also promised to send his watch back once he had paid off the loan.

“All I needed was £1,300 but borro.com valued my watch at more than that and told me I could have more money if I needed it, which was great. But I only took what I needed and that was enough. I have never taken out a loan before and can’t say I know anyone else who has but with such good interest rates I would definitely use this service again.”