Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Articles and expert guides on perfecting the pitching process, from preparation to presentation.
Startup Funding and Grants
Funding can be key to the success of a business but securing the deal can be daunting. Mark Pearson of Fuel Ventures offers some tips when pitching to investors.
Marketing
Here, we provide some tips on how to build a punchy investor presentation – and how to condense it into a 30-second elevator pitch.
Advice
Neil Crespin shares some dos and don'ts when it comes to presenting to an audience.
Finding and selling to customers
In this article, sales expert Andy Preston explains the real-life mistakes agencies make when pitching that often cost them valuable business.
Advice
GrowthAccelerator business coach Keith Angus discusses preparing your small business for investment with a great investor pitch.
Blog
Bertie Stephens, founder of online shopping service Flubit, talks about his experience with two pitches for investment and what investors expect.
Business management
After your business plan has been written, the next stage often involves pitching it to prospective investors. Yet, it's not only the content of the business plan that is being scrutinised, but also the capabilities of the management team. Your pitch is the first step to showing you can succeed.
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
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.