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Those who’ve attempted to get new lending or renew an existing loan will know how hard it is right now, so how do you grow your business without borrowing? As a result of the credit crunch, banks have pretty much shut up shop in terms of business lending to both small and medium sized businesses. Lack of lending can mean you’re unable to grow your business as quickly as you would like.
Read more herehttp://www.flyingsolo.com.au/finance/financial-management/how-to-grow-your-business-without-borrowing
Thursday, November 4
Angel delight
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Angel investors are fast becoming the only funding option for early-stage companies.
SmallBusiness.co.uk investigates. A stoney-faced bank manager wasn’t quite what Sally Chamley was expecting to find when she tried to obtain some expansion capital. Her online furniture retailer, Black Orchid Interiors, had enjoyed continuous growth over the past six years but it no longer ticked the right boxes for the bank, which ignored her burgeoning reputation in the national press and a cabal of rich clients in affluent West London and the home counties.
Read more herehttp://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/channels/small-business-finance/raising-money/guides-and-tips/1290873/angel-delight-.thtml
Angel investors are fast becoming the only funding option for early-stage companies.
SmallBusiness.co.uk investigates. A stoney-faced bank manager wasn’t quite what Sally Chamley was expecting to find when she tried to obtain some expansion capital. Her online furniture retailer, Black Orchid Interiors, had enjoyed continuous growth over the past six years but it no longer ticked the right boxes for the bank, which ignored her burgeoning reputation in the national press and a cabal of rich clients in affluent West London and the home counties.
Read more herehttp://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/channels/small-business-finance/raising-money/guides-and-tips/1290873/angel-delight-.thtml
Tim Levene
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From juice bars to online betting, Tim Levene has always thrived on entrepreneurship. Now, as head of private equity fund Augmentum Capital, he is targeting technology deals-with a blast of financial firepower from the Rothschilds.
Read more herehttp://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2010/9_October/tim-levene_64_02.html
From juice bars to online betting, Tim Levene has always thrived on entrepreneurship. Now, as head of private equity fund Augmentum Capital, he is targeting technology deals-with a blast of financial firepower from the Rothschilds.
Read more herehttp://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2010/9_October/tim-levene_64_02.html
Pension reforms catch small employers
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The Government has decided to require all businesses to automatically provide pensions to staff despite concerns the reforms will discourage small firms from employing more people. Business groups said they were "extremely disappointed" that the Government will not make firms with fewer than 10 staff exempt from automatic enrolment.
Read more herehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8089690/Pension-reforms-catch-small-employers.html
The Government has decided to require all businesses to automatically provide pensions to staff despite concerns the reforms will discourage small firms from employing more people. Business groups said they were "extremely disappointed" that the Government will not make firms with fewer than 10 staff exempt from automatic enrolment.
Read more herehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8089690/Pension-reforms-catch-small-employers.html
'Big rise' in number of new UK start-up companies
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The number of new businesses set up in the UK during the first six months of 2010 was the highest amount in more than a decade, a report has suggested.
A total of 204,361 new firms were established during the period, said business support group Yoodoo, which analysed Companies House data.
Read more herehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11535932
The number of new businesses set up in the UK during the first six months of 2010 was the highest amount in more than a decade, a report has suggested.
A total of 204,361 new firms were established during the period, said business support group Yoodoo, which analysed Companies House data.
Read more herehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11535932
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