The Bank Doesn’t Understand Me

We try and explain the basics of why a banker doesn’t always understand the entrepreneur and vise-versa. To obtain business finance you need to have an appreciation for what the business banker thinks, it is unlikely the bank will change so to succeed you need to be understanding, sorry… The first in our series of
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Why It Pays Not To Be Too Sensitive

Sensitivity Analysis ‘Sensitivity Analysis’ may sound a scientific or complicated term, but really it is very simple but too often misunderstood or ignored. Here we look at how the business owner and lender view sensitivity differently, and how unless one understands the other it will end in tears. OK, What is it? Many businesses will
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Top Tips For Getting Your Loan Approved

Free advice? Someone offering you great advice with no catches? Sometimes things too good to be true can exist. Here we give a few pointers when approaching a bank for finance. Think of it as a Happy New Year gift from the wonderful people at Lime!! Playing a Game Without Knowing The Rules Imagine playing
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The Benefit of Business Plans

Business Plan, I remember having one of those when I first started… I cannot remember how many times we hear a quote like that. The real conundrum here is the question of what is a business plan? Not what it tangibly is, but what the point and benefit of it are to the business. Airfix
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