If you’re a growing businesses it can be a struggle to fund expansion and day-to-day working capital from internal resources.

If you are a business based in Wales and planning to raise finance in the near future then you may be interested a series of free workshops hosted by Business Wales.

Business Loan Services’ Rob Warlow will be leading these four hour workshops looking at:

• Why growth needs finance and the importance of the finance source being ‘fit for purpose’
• How to prepare a finance proposal for the bank, including,
  • Writing a business plan – the framework
  • The financial information required
  • 9 steps to preparing for a meeting with the bank
• What banks look for in a finance request; how they will assess your request and why they would say ‘no’
• The 9 sources of growth finance, including the range of alternative finance solutions

The workshop venues and dates are:

Wrexham – 5th February

Bangor – 6th February

Brecon – 13th February

Narbeth – 27th February

To find our more and to book on these free workshops, visit Business Wales website.

When applying for business finance many business owners think that the bank is only interested in the performance of their business, but this is not the case.

In this clip from a live seminar BLS’s Rob Warlow reveals why, when assessing your finance request, the bank is just as interested in you as in your business.

When you’re applying for a business loan how do you tackle the topic of past business failures with the bank?

Rob Warlow from Business Loan Services shares his thoughts on what you should say to the bank.

Why has your bank said ‘no’ to your business finance request? In this third of four special Business Finance Bulletin Xtra podcasts, BLS’ Rob Warlow discusses the 7 reasons why your bank could have said ‘no’.

Listen in below, or download if for later listening, so you don’t fall into these traps when you are looking to raise business finance.

You can also check out this podcast on our Business Finance Bulletin itunes channel.

If you are in the processing of looking for business finance and afraid that you may get the cold shoulder from your bank, don’t worry because there are actions you can take to improve your chances of success.

As part of Adele McLay’s Business Success Tips podcast she chats with Business Loan Services’ Rob Warlow in which shares some insider tips on getting a ‘yes’.

Rob reveals some do’s and don’ts and shares how to put together a Business Plan why your financial information is so important.

To listen in to this interview simply click below or click on the download button to load on your PC or phone.

One aspect of a bank’s credit assessment process in reviewing your business loan request is how you are going to use the money lent to you. BLS’s Rob Warlow shares three key things you need to be aware of in how the bank will review your business loan application.