I exit Belfast’s central Donegall Square via Wellington Place and quickly find myself in front of Merchant Square, the gleaming redeveloped office block recently leased to PwC. Continuing onto a narrow lane around the back, I reach the unassuming Wellington Buildings, home to a much smaller business, Belfast Commercial Funding. I’m about to find out how closely connected the two sides of this city-centre block are. Inside, I’m ushered into an office suite freshly decorated with light natural wood and beautiful art pieces appearing to draw abstract shapes from the maps of rivers. There, I meet Belfast Commercial Funding’s founder…

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