Three Reasons to Use a Finance Broker for Your Next Investment
The world of finance can seem complex and confusing, with an overwhelming array of options, terms and providers to consider, it’s hard to know where to start. This is exactly where a finance broker can make a huge difference. Acting as an intermediary between you and potential lenders, a finance broker can provide invaluable expertise, […]
Annual Investment Allowance (AIA): An Overview
Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) is a UK tax incentive that allows you to deduct the full value of qualifying assets from your taxable profits, within the year the expenditure was incurred, up to the limit of £1,000,000. Good to know: If you purchase a new business asset, claim the relief and later decide to sell […]
Addressing Cash Struggles in Unpaid Finances: Invoice Finance for Construction Companies 101
Why is Invoice Finance for construction businesses so important? Running a business can be challenging – fact. Especially when it comes to managing cash flow. For example, just because your invoices state 30-day payment terms, often doesn’t mean the recipient will pay it in this time frame. Often businesses have their own payment terms and […]
Invoice Finance for Logistics: Driving Success with IF
The logistics industry is the lifeblood of global commerce, that much is true. Cash flow is critical to keep the wheels turning yet remains one of the biggest challenges too. Without Invoice Finance, anyway. Delayed client payments and rising operational costs all have their impact on transport and haulage businesses and their ability to rise […]
Construction Finance: 6 savvy ways to thrive in the Winter downtime.
It’s no secret that Winter can be quiet for construction businesses and workers. As construction finance specialists, it’s something we hear from our customers every year. That said, it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Every business needs downtime to work on other areas outside of the day-to-day requirements. Here’s 6 ways you can […]
Finance Questions: 6 Important Things We Need to Know as Your Broker
“Without questions, there is no learning…” As a finance broker, it’s our job to ask the right finance questions. Asking questions is not an attempt at being intrusive in your business, but a chance for us to understand your business statement, requirement and goals. In doing so, we can work faster and more efficiently to […]
Accountancy x Finance Broker: A Winning Partnership for 2024
With Corporation Tax and Self-Assessment deadlines looming, it’s got us thinking about our relationships with accountants and how beneficial these partnerships can be. At this time of year, accountants and finance brokers naturally have similar conversations with their customers. Between us, we know better than most that many business owners don’t budget appropriately for things […]
SME Finance: No Scrooges Here, Transform Your Business in 2024
Small businesses don’t just impact the UK economy, they are the UK economy. In fact, they make up around 99.9% of all businesses across the country. With that in mind, it seems crazy that large high-street banks continue to shy away SME Finance and supporting the businesses with such a huge impact on our economy. […]
Insider Info to Commercial Finance: Is a Business Loan the Smart Choice for 2024?
Think you need a business loan? You might well do, it’s true. But stop to consider your options just for 2 minutes. There are so many other commercial finance solutions that you may not have heard of or considered. Are you The term “business loan” is used almost in the same way that the term […]
Asset Finance Options vs. Outright Purchase: Discover 4 Powerful Finance Routes
As finance brokers, we regularly talk to business owners who have never explored asset finance options. They will often be quite proud of their ability to, thus far, buy all their assets on an outright basis. And whilst it is admirable from a cash flow perspective to be able to do so, that doesn’t always […]
