Lenders Don’t Understand My Business I have written previously about why borrowers and lenders see things very differently, it is a glass half full or glass half empty scenario. What makes things worse is that the narrative and language used by a borrower and a lender is often the same, but the meaning or intention
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Is This The Best Kept Secret? There are very few things that can genuinely benefit a business. Most Government backed schemes are treated with a large dose of cynicism, either that or you spend longer looking for the catch than the benefit. Growth Vouchers are something a little different. If you have come across the
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Growth Voucher Approved We are delighted to have been vetted and approved as a Government Approved Growth Voucher advisor. This means that if you are looking for any of the following, then the Government will provide up to £2,000 of match funding through the Growth Voucher scheme; Loan Finance Cash Flow Finance Mortgage Finance Growth
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The Business Finance Essentials Most business finance paperwork is fairly long, it has a number of clauses and more than it’s fair share of small print. Once you add into that the various conditions, covenants and the security you need to provide then the whole thing can be difficult to understand properly. So what should
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Manor Royal Know Your Neighbour Event Great to meet last week. We were delighted to exhibit at the 2014 Manor Royal ‘Know Your Neighbour Event’. The day was busy and it was great to exhibit alongside the best local small businesses and the larger stalwarts of the Crawley business community. For anyone who we didn’t
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Alternative SME Finance So, you are an SME director/owner and are looking for finance. History says you go to your bank, tell them your story and ask for money. Confident of getting your finance? Probably not. So where do you go next. In the UK there are over 4m SMEs making up 99% of the
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Invoice Finance. Also known as Sales Finance, Discounting, Factoring, Invoice Discounting, Sales Factoring, Invoice Factoring. You name it, the next firm calls it something different! In essence they all produce the same result. So, let’s sum up what it is all about. XYZ Ltd sell widgets. They get an order, make the widgets then sell
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Acquisition International is the market leader in corporate finance and legal reporting. With over 53,000 subscribers they provide market comment and finance input to a broad corporate sector. Acquisition International approached Lime Consultancy about contributing toward their upcoming feature on bridging finance. Bridging finance is something we are increasingly involved with and are fast being
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