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Business Finance Bulletin No 61: Business Finance Help to Grow Scheme, Crowdfunding and Aldermore Bank

In the latest episode of the Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow from Business Loan Services discusses the government’s proposed scheme, Help to Grow, which aims to get finance to UK’s small and medium-sized businesses. Managed by the British Business Bank Rob explains what type of businesses the scheme is looking to assist. In the crowdfunding […]

February 13, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin Epsd 60: Angel Investors, Crowdfunding, and Business Planning

In the latest Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow looks at a report from the Centre for Entrepreneurs and the UK Business Angels Association on how the UK is becoming a nation of angels… but who are these angel investors and how can they benefit your business? The statistics on how the crowdfunding industry did in […]

February 6, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin No 59: RBS, Funding Circle & Assetz Capital, Friends & Family Finance & Cashflow

In the latest Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow looks at the announcement from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) that it will now be referring small businesses which it can’t help with finance on to crowdfunding companies Funding Circle and Assetz Capital. This is a major sign that the crowdfunding industry is now going mainstream. […]

January 30, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin No 58: Moving Banks, Alternative Finance and Start Up Loans

In the latest edition of the Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow looks at the findings from Close Brothers Business Barometer which reveals how reluctant some business owners are in hunting out new finance providers. On the alternative finance scene Rob talks about Metro Bank’s 2014 results and how it’s living up to its aim of […]

January 23, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin Episode 57: Late Payment, Business Growth, Crowdfunding & Business Processes

In the latest edition of the Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow looks at news from Lovetts, the commercial debt recovery firm, on how the amount of late payment debt is on the increase. As part of its annual Small Business Income Index, news from Barclays of further evidence that the economy is showing signs of […]

January 16, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin No 56: Planning for Business Growth and Sources of Finance

In the first edition of 2015 Rob Warlow looks at reports of strong business confidence levels and the desire to grow amongst many businesses. However, there are some facing a more challenging environment with three key barriers to growth being blamed. Of those businesses looking for finance Rob reviews a survey carried out by the […]

January 9, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin 2014 Interviews: Part II

In 2014 Business Loan Services’ Rob Warlow chatted with many business experts as part of the weekly Business Finance Bulletin. In this second compilation edition of the Business Finance Bulletin 2014 interviews you will hear from the CEOs of two crowdlending providers, Graeme Marshall of Funding Knight and Parag Patel of Funding Empire, talking about […]

January 2, 2015 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin 2014 Interviews: Part I

During 2014 BLS’s Rob Warlow has had the pleasure to chat to a number of business experts for our weekly Business Finance Bulletin. In this first of two compilations of these interviews you will hear about the importance of managing your reputation with Alan Stevens; thoughts on key actions you can take to successfully grow […]

December 29, 2014 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin No 55: Business Confidence, Credit Scores & Crowdfunding a Moon Mission

In the latest Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow reviews a recent survey carried out by the Federation of Small Businesses which looked into SME confidence levels and barriers to business growth. Many businesses don’t realise how important a clean credit record is when it comes to raising business finance. To counter this, credit reference agency […]

December 19, 2014 / Comments Off
Business Finance Bulletin No 54: Small Business Finance, Asset Based Lending, Funding Knight & Management Accounts

In the latest Business Finance Bulletin Rob Warlow looks at a survey carried out by the British Business Bank into the SME finance landscape which draws a number of conclusions on how small businesses view the world of finance. The use of asset based finance continues to grow and Rob shares news from the Asset […]

December 12, 2014 / Comments Off

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