Be Ready to Flex

You’ve planned for growth, you’re ready for growth, but a too good to miss opportunity comes along that sits outside your plan. You have clear choices. If taking on the new business means compromising everything else, well, walk away. But, if you could fund the project by releasing some capital tied up in your invoices […]

Move on up

Ready to move on up? There’s nothing sweeter than leaving your competitors behind, but with growth comes cost, and there’s absolutely nothing sweet about that. Keeping ahead, means having enough working capital to fund your growth. It’s often the smaller, short-term needs that catch us out. You can’t control the wider environment, which can rain […]

Growth Without the Growing Pain

Growth Without the Growing Pain

As a business owner, you know that one of the biggest (and most exciting) challenges is growth. Even when you have a steady cash flow and some working capital, growth costs … a lot. Invoice finance is a lending solution that helps level out cash flow by providing you with access to the funds you […]

How Invoice Finance Can Fuel Business Growth

In today’s fiercely competitive environment, access to working capital plays a pivotal role in driving growth. Invoice finance has evolved to become the lending option of choice for growing businesses. It’s incredibly cost effective and flexible enabling businesses seeking immediate access to funds to expand and manage their operations. Invoice finance works by enabling businesses […]

Financial Management: Best Practice for SMEs

Planning is vital to ensure your business’s success. There’s nothing surprising in that, but for many, the financial plan is last on the list and the one plan that gets left to stagnate once it’s approved. The key to any plan is to constantly keep it refreshed and be proactive, not reactive when it comes […]

Scared of the Unknown?

If you’re nervous about jumping in with invoice finance, this article will take a look back at its past and demonstrate how far invoice finance has come in the past 700 years. Factoring goes way (way) back. Invoice financing has a long history, dating back to the days of King Hammurabi in Mesopotamia. However, it […]

Financially Preparing Your Business for Success

Starting a business is an exciting venture full of potential for success. But with all the enthusiasm that comes along with building something from the ground up, it’s important to ensure you’re financially prepared to launch your business in order to set yourself up for long-term stability and growth.

Protecting Your Business From Potential Insolvency

Our economy relies heavily on the success of small-medium sized businesses, yet unfortunately, they can be very susceptible to insolvency. How do you go about protecting your business from potential insolvency?

Female-led Business Owners Are Still Facing Inequality in the UK

Female-led Business Owners Are Still Facing Inequality in the UK

Despite a rise in female-led businesses in recent years, female entrepreneurs continue to face significant challenges when it comes to accessing finance, networking opportunities, and securing customers. It seems that when it comes to business, it’s still very much a man’s world with only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs being female1.
The gender gap in UK entrepreneurship remains wide, and the disparities are even more pronounced when it comes to the availability of finance and other resources.