Looking for a business start-up loan to accelerate the growth of your new company, to hire extra staff, or to invest in new machinery and equipment? Despite being a traditionally underserved market for decades, many of the bigger banks have recently launched their own business start-up loan packages in response to the increasing numbers of […]

There are 140 invoice factoring companies in the UK currently helping companies with their cash flow by unlocking the value locked up in their unpaid invoices. Cash flow is particularly important for all businesses – we saw just how much it mattered during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020. A business may be profitable but, if […]

Invoice finance provides companies with a way to release money tied up in their due or overdue invoices. The UK has long had a problem with business settling their invoices in time – so much so that in 2008, the then Government set up the Prompt Payment Code to encourage debtors to pay up faster. […]

In the way that having a separate company bank account and a separate personal account makes it much easier to keep accurate financial records, the same is true of a business credit card. With a business credit card, any purchases made on it are recorded in the name of the business rather than in your […]

For years, competition has been heating up among Britain’s banks and other financial institutions to offer UK businesses the funding they need to consolidate and grow. Business loan rates now start from just 1.9%. This once closed world, operated like a cartel of High Street banks, has in the last decade been thoroughly disrupted by […]

Business always carries with it a risk of failure – it takes guts, an idea, and a significant amount of drive and determination to strike out on your own. Business is not easy and many Brits who make their first (and sometimes second) attempt to open a company fail incurring personal debts along the way. […]

Businesses need access to limited company loans at different stages of their development cycle. For some businesses, it’s cash to invest in new plant, equipment, and machinery to keep up with their competitors. For others, they’re hiring new members of staff as they increase their number of branches to widen their geographical reach. Occasionally, a […]