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Tag: Alternative Finance

Five crowdfunding hacks to achieve a positive outcome

October 9, 2017

By Staff writer

You want to grow a business or launch a new project, but banks and venture capitalists won’t give you the time of day it’s a common predicament.

£200m UK SME funding programme launched by ThinCats

October 2, 2017

By Zen Terrelonge

Lending platform ThinCats and parent company ESF Capital have introduced a £200m SME funding programme for British growth businesses.

The growth four business owners achieved with the help of cash advance

September 8, 2017

By Staff writer

A rejected loan application can hinder your expansion and growth plans. Being too afraid to take out business finance due to a poor credit score or fear of repayments can be just as limiting. Luckily, much can be achieved through alternative finance.

Selling a company for an eight-figure sum to overhaul the world of business funding

September 4, 2017

By Shane Schutte

We talk with Fleximize CEO and founder Peter Tuvey, who delivers insight into creating a second company, changing the world of business funding and ensuring the attractiveness of your company to investors.

Calls for measures to shore up SME finance options post-Brexit as lending drops

August 31, 2017

By Letitia Booty

Lending to SMEs was down in July, prompting calls that the UK needs to shore up its finance options for small businesses in the face of Brexit.

Keep your wits about you: The funding pitfalls a small business owner needs to know

August 29, 2017

By Letitia Booty

Getting funding can be a challenge and alternative finance may seem like a godsend to many new businesses but there are funding pitfalls, and if you don’t get it right, it can be an expensive mistake.

Don?t let short-term cash flow problems be your long-term downfall

August 16, 2017

By Letitia Booty

Most businesses will come up against short-term cash flow problems at one point or another, but the key is not to let them be a long-term issue that holds you back from scaling up.

When bank lenders say no, where does a business go?

August 2, 2017

By Letitia Booty

When bank lenders turn business owners away, they should refer them to alternative finance lenders instead. But how does it work?

Businesses increasingly concerned about Brexit funding gap

July 28, 2017

By Letitia Booty

Businesses accessing finance through the European Union are increasingly worried about what will happen to the funding gap after Brexit.

Pension-led funding done right: The disruptive law firm with a clear roadmap for growth

July 19, 2017

By Letitia Booty

Michael Burne, founder of a new disruptive law firm, explains how the business decided pension-led funding was the way forward.

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