Jeremy Baker

Choosing where to base your business might be the difference between floundering and flourishing, but it’s not easy to get it right. Now, that the property market is picking up again, commercial tenants or even prospective buyers, don’t wield the same power they might have done five years ago, so you should research locations, prices […]

In order for your manufacturing or construction business to keep up with both competitors and technology often demands that you utilise the types of finance that ensure that you also keep a healthy level of working capital too.

Technology has already changed the way we borrow, including the shape of the actual lenders themselves. Banks no longer represent the only option for lending, whether you are an SME or a big corporation. Why big bank lending fails to deliver When business owners find that their eligibility criteria don’t match up to the standards

Getting paid on time can be one of the most frustrating aspects of running a business. Without payments cash flow goes down and so does the time you have to focus on business growth.

These days you don’t have to put on a tie to visit the bank eager to appear capable enough to be running your own company yet contrite enough to be there cap in hand asking for a business loan. Not only do alternative lenders offer finance based on different criteria than the banks, but there

When you start a business, you may not have too many options when it comes to funding or borrowing money. Every new business takes time to build up their credit and lenders are well versed on the risks of lending to new businesses. But soon enough those first few years have been negotiated and your

Confidential invoice discounting is a way of immediately releasing cash from your unpaid invoices that enables your customers to be unaware that you are using a third party yet providing your company with a cash boost.

When is the right time to seek a cash injection? Can a business loan help with a bad debt, exploit growth or even buy a competitor? There are many reasons why a cash injection for a business is the right decision for a business owner to take, but sometimes the reason can seem bigger than

Invoice finance is offered in two forms: invoice factoring and invoice discounting. Both are facilities that release working capital into your company – The capital you need to grow your business.

Poor credit might make your chances of securing funding with traditional lenders seem unlikely, but it doesn’t mean that your search for a business loan should end there. Having bad credit or no credit might change the goalposts, but the game remains the same. You still have plenty of options available.