Seasonal Vibes

Seasonal Vibes

Tis the season to be jolly… no, not quite yet. But it is approaching. And even though this year seems to have skipped the summer season we cannot stop the rest of the year rolling around. The winter season is, for obvious reasons, retailers’ busiest season...
Is Lack of Funding Preventing Your Startup from Scaling Up?

Is Lack of Funding Preventing Your Startup from Scaling Up?

Photo by Felix Mittermeier from Pexels There’s enough doom and gloom in our newsfeeds already – you don’t need us to tell you it’s been a tough year. Nor do you need us to tell you that, for the moment at least, it isn’t getting less tough, either...
Would Your Business Survive a Second Wave of COVID-19?

Would Your Business Survive a Second Wave of COVID-19?

Whenever we sit down to write this blog, the desire to avoid writing about the obvious is strong. The reality is, as much as we want to pretend it’s business as usual, it isn’t. We need to be having conversations about how this pandemic is affecting us all in our...
Financing Family Business Growth

Financing Family Business Growth

At Partnership Invoice Finance, we often find that Limited company family businesses will more than likely have initially been financed through loans from family shareholders and sometimes a small startup loan or overdraft facility. Though funding in recent years has...
Naming and Shaming Late Invoice Payers – It Is the Answer?

Naming and Shaming Late Invoice Payers – It Is the Answer?

Late payment is one of the most common causes of cash flow difficulties, and as such is a significant contributor to business failure. Despite most business owners being fully aware of the hardship that can result from withholding payment for invoices, through...
How Can Invoice Finance Help Startups Avoid Failure in 2020?

How Can Invoice Finance Help Startups Avoid Failure in 2020?

2019 was a record year for startups, with almost 700,000 new businesses launched in the UK. This stat was up 2.8% from the year before, and a similar growth trajectory was expected for 2020, though of course we now have the coronavirus curveball that has left the...