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When it comes to business banking, Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank provides the UK's best business banking solution. Switch to us today and you'll see why our award-winning business bank accounts offer great value for money. Plus, our range of market leading business saving accounts make sure that any spare business funds you have are earning an interest rate that is almost double what the big banks offer. Fast track your application and apply online today
Understanding debt factoring and invoice discounting
This guide gives information on how debt factoring and invoice discounting work, the advantages and disadvantages and how to choose a factor or discounter.
Asset Finance: Hire purchase and leasing
This guide provides information about hire purchase and leasing.
Funding solutions for your small business
Lombard aims to search out the right funding solutions for your business and says it can finance virtually any asset, adding value to help you build your business.
Factoring is now considered mainstream business finance
Selecting a factoring company should be straightforward but in reality it isn't. Factoring Invoices UK provides more information on the matter.
Grow your business with Lloyds TSB
Factoring, invoice discounting, and asset finance from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
Raise corporate finance with Venture
Asset based lending is a fast way to raise corporate finance and Venture claims it can often raise as much as 50 per cent more than many other invoice financiers.
Factoring, invoice discounting and asset-based lending
Find providers of factoring, invoice discounting and asset based lending on The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) website.
Get an injection of cash through factoring
Factoring can help improve your cash flow by providing an immediate injection of cash for your business against the value of your outstanding invoices. Visit Bibby for details.
Other Business Banking Resources
The challenges of growth for small business
New business must be won by creating a good first impression with customers and procurement managers...
Creating a successful business plan
Setting out a plan for your business can seem like a daunting task, especially before you've even got it off the ground.
Top tips for startups
Every successful business has a few things they wish they'd known before they started...
How to be a start-up success
Marc Barber 07/08/2008
There are three common elements to a start-up successfully negotiating those tricky first few years: an honest appraisal of ability, market research, and finance. Have your say »
Inflation is King
Penny Proffit 19/06/2008
A look at inflation and why Mervyn King has had to put pen to paper... Have your say »
Basic building block of any Internet marketing campaign
Guest Blogger 07/07/2008
For almost all sectors of commerce today, the Internet, or more specifically the World Wide Web, is now a key tool for business. In the field of marketing in particular it has become crucial. (1 comments) Have your say »
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