How To Offer Finance To Customers In The UK
It used to be said that cash was king in business, but really today convenience is. When products and services …
Tag: Alternative Finance
No “credit crunch” for SMEs despite growing Brexit uncertainty
By Ayan Mitra
Big banks and pension funds are starting to lend to SMEs for the first time in years. Ayan Mitra, CEO of CODE Investing, explains why.
Considerations for successful international expansion
By Ian Stone
Ian Stone, CEO of Vuealta, discusses the factors SMEs and hypergrowth companies need to consider in order to make international expansion a success.
Top tips for accessing finance a guide for UK SMEs
Seeking finance has been a dirty word for businesses, but lending expert Dave Sherrington says it can take an already profitable business to the next level. Here he talks finance, how to get it, and if there is ever a right time for savvy SME owners to seek it.
Have SMEs outgrown banks” How alternatives are meeting SME needs
Real Business sat down with Dave Sherrington, a director of regional business development at a leading SME lender, Thincats, to find out why more and more SME decision makers are turning their backs on banks, and what considerations need to be taken before seeking external finance.
How Wright & Bell acquired a popular Soho restaurant
By Staff writer
Alternative finance helps Wright & Bell acquire popular Soho restaurant.
Is a lack of cash flow still holding SMEs back?
By Staff writer
The lack of support from the traditional banking sector has emerged as a strong underlying cause.
SMEs are they the new “financially excluded”?
The banking network is shrinking, and it is bad news for businesses.
Eos Leisure secures funding to keep pace with e-cigarette market boom
By Staff writer
ThinCats’structures ?608,000 lending package, enabling Eos Leisure to capitalise on e-cigarette market boom
Here’s how a brick-and-mortar store rolled out multiple stores and created 50 new jobs
By Staff writer
Bathroom company, Cubico, secures £2m working capital from alternative finance provider ThinCats.