Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
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.
Startup Funding and Grants
Startup Funding and Grants
Can you give me examples of financing routes for my first business?
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.
Startup Funding and Grants
Growing your business, by its very nature, is likely to bring greater complexity. This guide to expanding your small enterprise should help.
Startup Funding and Grants
Can you advise me on the best way to gain financing for my new joinery company?
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.
Startup Funding and Grants
Can you advise me on the best way to gain financing for my new joinery company?
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.
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