What to look for in an investor and why there’s more to it than money
In this piece, James Oakes looks at five key criteria for a great investor.
Startup Funding and Grants
SmallBusiness.co.uk is working with a panel of trusted partners to help you find the right finance for your business. This channel looks at the different funding options available to new start-ups and established small businesses looking to grow.
Read a wealth of guides and tips on raising cash, finding investors, how to better manage your accounts and cash flow, views on the future of business banking and where to source alternative finance.
In this piece, James Oakes looks at five key criteria for a great investor.
Startup Funding and Grants
Startup Funding and Grants
Here’s what you need to know about all the different loans available to small businesses.
Startup Funding and Grants
New report draws on academic research and advice from the UK’s most successful female founders to address the gender scale up gap.
Startup Funding and Grants
The UK housing market is continuing its slow but steady return to strength.
Startup Funding and Grants
The bridging loan, as far as the average mortgage broker was concerned, used to be the kind of offering to avoid at all costs. Not so any more.
Startup Funding and Grants
There are two broad ways to finance a business: an injection of equity or taking on debt. Here, we look at debt.
Startup Funding and Grants
Here are the pros and cons of borrowing money, selling a part of your business, or bootstrapping your way to growth, with an explanation of each option.
Startup Funding and Grants
Alex Fenton discusses how to tell if your business is right for private equity or if you should examine alternatives.
Startup Funding and Grants
Here are the pros and cons of borrowing money, selling a part of your business, or bootstrapping your way to growth, with an explanation of each option.
Startup Funding and Grants
Alex Fenton discusses how to tell if your business is right for private equity or if you should examine alternatives.
Startup Funding and Grants
Grant Bergman reveals his predictions for how the small business investment landscape will turn out in 2017.
Startup Funding and Grants
Here, we look at how bridging finance could be a viable method of funding time-sensitive projects.
Startup Funding and Grants
Startup Funding and Grants
Here, Conrad Ford takes a look at invoice factoring, what it is, and how it can help your small business with cash flow.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Business Technology
Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings
Business Technology
With the landline shutdown coming fast, there’s never been a better time to switch to VoIP. Don’t let your small business be left behind!
Export & Import
Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world