Pepper to resume loans to Irish commercial firms after calling halt last September      

Lender is targeting SMEs, family businesses, and other investors

Pepper said it will 'cater to a range of commercial property and professional buy-to-let borrowers wishing to refinance loans or acquire new commercial properties'. 

Lender Pepper said it is to restart lending to commercial firms in Ireland, which it had ended only last September, citing "more favourable conditions" in the Irish banking market.

Pepper was among a raft of new lenders that had carved out markets servicing small firms and large Irish companies in recent years.