Cashflow Concern A recent survey undertaken by bespoke invoice finance company Platform Black showed the real concerns for UK SMEs as we head into 2014. The survey shows 3 major concerns for the small business sector; 89% said that their biggest headache will be working out how to grow in 2014 70% said that their
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Business Grants Major news this week as Coast to Capital announce early registration is open for their new business grants programme. Does your business fit into one of these categories – Plane to grow your business by 20% over the next 3 years l To introduce new goods or services or other innovation l To
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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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There is a gulf between the finance that small companies can access and the finance that big companies utilise. The diagram here shows what percentage of companies are using external finance. By ‘external finance’ we mean any funding line from any lender, whether that be asset finance, mortgage, overdraft, factoring or anything else. The diagram
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The British Bankers Association (BBA) is today thought to appease critics over thoughts it has not done enough with a scheme aimed at appeasing Vince Cable. The BBA are set to announce at it’s annual dinner tonight (22nd July) that it will publish business lending statistics in postcode format. This follows accusations that it has
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On-line retailers have been the success story of the retailing world for some time now, with the growing retailers being Amazon, Ebay, Play.com, Moo.com, the list goes on. Many people are linking this growth to the deluge of empty shops on the high street, falling high street sales and that many proven names have been
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