Merchant Finance Merchant finance is becoming a more common option for UK businesses. Whilst still an emerging form of business finance it can offer some real benefits. What Is Merchant Finance? The word ‘merchant’ refers to someone accepting cards as a form of payment. The finance element refers to using the card payment machine as
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What Is Crowdfunding? With some analysts predicting business lending through crowdfunding in the UK could exceed £1bn by the end of 2015 then you really should be aware of what crowdfunding is. The Perfect Storm For Business Loans? They say that stress can be the best driver of innovation. As the recession took hold and
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Business Funding Questions To Ask Yourself You have a fantastic business idea. Now couple that with the £1m you have sitting around in the bank doing nothing, hey-ho business funding sorted and the world is your oyster. But back in the real world obtaining business funding is somewhat different, the £1m is not a luxury
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Lime Consultancy Move To The Beehive The Beehive offers us the opportunity to provide our clients with vastly improved meeting spaces, better facilities and all within the heart of Gatwick. The Beehive has ample parking, great access and puts us in the centre of one of the most exciting commercial development areas anywhere in Sussex.
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Most mainstream banks use credit scoring as their primary way to assess and judge lending applications. These credit scoring systems have developed and are now extensively used in making both personal and business lending decisions. Most banks will ask the same sort of questions, so we thought why not tell you why these questions are
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Business Loans Not one of those things in life which gets the blood rushing, the adrenaline pumping, nor is it one of those things that keeps you awake because you simply cannot wait the morning to get your application in… So let’s try and make things a little more interesting.. Applying for business loans is
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Banking Regulation Maybe not top of your current affairs reading, maybe not even top half. For most people, business owners included it probably falls into ‘the last thing I want to read’, but it actually is quite important. Over the last few year we have become accustomed to bank bailouts. Add to that, banker bonuses,
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There is a lot of talk about government support for small business, lots of rhetoric around government finance support and initiatives. There is also a lot of cynicism surrounding the subject, which is also well founded. The challenge for most small businesses is that they cannot find, or do not know where to find government
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