Oplo’s initial response to the Coronavirus pandemic was to support all of our employees to work remotely and as the lockdown restrictions ease we have been following the Government advice and preparing our offices to ensure they are COVID-19 secure for our employees to gradually return.

Our COVID-19 specific risk assessment has been conducted in partnership with our external Health & Safety advisor and our employees to ensure we provide a safe working environment where everyone feels comfortable and the risk of catching and spreading the virus is minimal.

What are the key things we have done?

• Regular review of the Government advice, ensuring all employees are aware of key updates.
• Carried out an initial risk assessment specific to COVID-19 which we continue to review and update.
• Continued to encourage home working wherever possible to limit the number of employees in the office.
• Taken all reasonable steps to help employee’s maintain a 2 meter distance whilst working in the office.
• Stopped all non-essential visitors to our offices.
• Introduced a daily cleaning regime focusing on communal areas, welfare areas, office equipment and common contact points.
• Ensured antibacterial handwash and hand sanitiser gel is available and remind employees about the importance of regular handwashing.

We are delighted to announce that we are relaunching our specialist consumer lending business as Oplo.

Since 2009 we have been providing loans to customers across the UK, building a trusted and respected business reflected by our Feefo Platinum Trust Service Award status.

We have grown significantly during our first 10 years trading as an alternative lender, helping hard working people borrow in a way that benefits them.

Our new Oplo brand is born of our firm belief that people’s potential is much more important than their past.

That’s why we take the time and effort to understand our customers more deeply than conventional lenders, looking at their character, not just their credit score.

And it’s why we do all we can to really power people’s potential, giving them the opportunity to work hard to make a better life for themselves and their loved ones.

The new brand is the first step in a number of new initiatives which will be launched over the coming months, each of which will enable our customers to unlock their potential so they can stop being held back by their past and start building a better future.

Commenting, Alex Mollart, Founder and CEO of Oplo said: “There are millions of hard working people in Britain whose potential is overlooked by traditional lenders. Everybody deserves the equal opportunity to change their lives for the better and our perfect blend of technology and people skills means Oplo can unlock people’s potential. Which is great for them, great for our business and great for the UK economy.”