Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Financial institutions may well need a shake up when helping female entrepreneurs. SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to some women in business about their experiences of raising finance and asks for your comments.
Startup Funding and Grants
Startup Funding and Grants
SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to five high-achieving women to find out whether it really is a man's world.
Startup Funding and Grants
Financial institutions may well need a shake up when helping female entrepreneurs. SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to some women in business about their experiences of raising finance and asks for your comments.
Startup Funding and Grants
SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to five high-achieving women to find out whether it really is a man's world.
Startup Funding and Grants
How can I use surplus cash in my existing limited company to fund my new start-up business?
Alternative finance
More and more owner-managers are recognising that significant time savings can be made if they outsource this element of their operations to factoring specialists, says Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
News
'Business angels are simply not happy unless they’re investing money because it means they’re not making money, but one of the major problems is access to funding,' says Bill Morrow, co-founder of investment network Angel's Den, which has now gone live in the UK.
Startup Funding and Grants
Julia Chanteray, resident business expert on Channel 4's Risking It All programme, founded business advice and mentoring service The Joy of Business to help small firms through the difficult early years of growth. SmallBusiness.co.uk caught up with Chanteray and asked her to share some pearls of wisdom on the funding routes available for small firms.
Alternative finance
If your original source of funding dries up or you fail to convince the bank manager, does that mean you should call it a day?
Startup Funding and Grants
I've got a great idea for a business but I'm reluctant to approach sources of funding because I don't want anyone to steal it.
Startup Funding and Grants
I am unemployed and living in London. I am keen to start a business as a market stall trader but have no money to fund the project. I have a business plan, but no business record and am worried this will hinder my chances of gaining funding. Other than banks etc., are there any companies or schemes that will help me?
Startup Funding and Grants
Funding is the one thorny topic every entrepreneur must tackle if their enterprise is to survive and thrive. Securing the right kind of investor, level of investment and managing the process effectively is often the difference between having a future in business or booking a one-way ticket to bankruptcy.
Business management
When it comes to raising money for your small business, it is worth looking beyond traditional funding options, such as bank loans and overdrafts, to more flexible alternatives.
Startup Funding and Grants
Could you give information on getting a loan? I run a successful pizza takeaway business and am now seeking funds to open a restaurant.
Business Technology
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Investing in a franchise
Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.
Partner content
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