We have been involved with the government supported start-up loans scheme for a short while now and are delighted that our first mentored business has successfully raised finance through the scheme! Now, we all like to take credit for things but in this case our involvement was slight, but we it proved to be the
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Alternative business loans are fast becoming less of an alternative and forming a key supplier of good business finance. Peer to Peer lending, or crowdfunding as it is sometimes know is fast establishing itself as a key route to finance for small and medium sized businesses. In 2013 one supplier lent £120m to UK business.
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The Unique Selling Point (USP) is just about the only thing that will differentiate you from your competitors. The difficult thing is in finding your USP, it is not always where you think it is, often it is a thing of marginal fiction, made up, created, dreamed up to make your business that little bit
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We picked up a really interesting article about RBS and their willingness to lend to UK businesses, the article was based around a Sunday Times interview with RBS chairman Stephen Hester. The BBC article can be accessed here. Part of the interview quote was “We are lending as much as we can….we cannot force companies
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More and more UK businesses are now trading across borders, whether that be importing goods from China or Europe, whether that be selling on-line to businesses or consumers in America or beyond. The ease of electronic sales channels, ease of communication and accessible logistics all mean that importing and exporting is no longer the domain
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We often talk about Linkedin when we present on obtaining finance for your business, what surprises us is that it is often something that surprises people. So take note and start improving your profile. What Does Linkedin Mean To A Lender? Let us start by looking at what a lender will consider when appraising an
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The Proposition Given To Us We were introduced to an Indian Restaurant and Take Away by their accountant. The client had approached their accountant as the bank had turned down the restaurant’s loan application, citing restaurant finance as an area they had no interest in. They had also had problems with the business’ financial accounts,
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There is always media coverage surrounding whether the banks are lending to businesses or not, that small businesses are finding it ever more difficult to obtain loans. The truth is that somewhere amid the media hype lies reality. Here we try and show you the facts (as provided by the BBA) and use these to
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