Securing funding for a small business
From family and friends to business loans, we explore the avenues to consider when you are looking to secure funding for your small business.
Startup Funding and Grants
From family and friends to business loans, we explore the avenues to consider when you are looking to secure funding for your small business.
Startup Funding and Grants
Funding your small business
James Benamor assesses the business finance climate 12 months on from the introduction of the government scheme that aimed to stimulate business lending.
Startup Funding and Grants
From family and friends to business loans, we explore the avenues to consider when you are looking to secure funding for your small business.
Funding your small business
James Benamor assesses the business finance climate 12 months on from the introduction of the government scheme that aimed to stimulate business lending.
Business Loans
The reluctance of the banks to lend is well documented, and entrepreneur James Benamor argues that looking for an alternative is now the order of the day.
News
One in four people in the UK would consider loaning money to small businesses through peer-to-peer (P2P) lending once the sector is fully regulated.
News
Business lending under the government's Funding for Lending (FLS) scheme has fallen for the second successive quarter, suggesting the initiative has failed in its mission to kick-start credit creation.
Alternative finance
Anil Stocker, co-founder of MarketInvoice, charts the development on the online finance sector, why it is relevant to small businesses, and its future.
Alternative finance
New website www.pitchfor.it will offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to attract potential investors by uploading video pitches. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to founder Peter Hart.
News
Most small and medium-sized enterprises use just one source of finance to start up, research finds.
Funding your small business
The latest government inititative intends to prise money out of the banks' coffers and into small and medium-sized businesses, but will it succeed?
News
A government scheme aiming to facilitate the flow of funding to small businesses is up and running.
Alternative finance
Funding Circle has contributed to a guide for SmallBusiness.co.uk on how to raise finance through its crowdfunding platform.
Alternative finance
Rory Earley, CEO of Capital for Enterprise, investigates the emergence of a social funding marketplace for small companies.
Business Technology
To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis
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
Read here for 16 tried and tested tips and tricks to improve potential cash flow problems