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Alternative Finance for Business

Discounted funding: options there for SMEs

Andy Cutbill, head of products and pricing at Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking, explains why with government schemes designed to make access to finance easier for SMEs, businesses can be confident that funding for growth is widely available – and at a discounted cost.

Alternative Finance for Business

Alternative Finance for Business

How to apply for Regional Growth Fund capital

To coincide with the fourth instalment of the Regional Growth Fund, GrowthBusiness meets HV Wooding to find out how the business secured capital from the fund’s last round.

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CrowdBnk’s attempt to bridge the crowdfunding divide

Ayan Mitra, founder of crowdfunding business CrowdBnk, tells GrowthBusiness about the platform's ethos and why he thinks social investing could be the solution to start-up and growth company finance.

Alternative Finance for Business

The government's new business bank for SMEs

Neale Andrews, partner at law firm Mundays, looks at the government’s new business bank and gives his wish list for things he'd like it to contain.

Alternative Finance for Business

A guide to business cash flow management issues

Maintaining a healthy cash flow can be the difference between prosperity and going under. GrowthBusiness speaks to business builders about how they've tackled the hurdles of cash flow, and what they recommend as best practice.

Alternative Finance for Business

Pension-led business funding for SMEs

Adam Tavener, chairman of Clifton Asset Management, looks at a form of business funding few financial and policy decision makers are aware of.

Alternative Finance for Business

The perfect business pitch

Dragons' Den tends to glamorise the pitching process budding entrepreneurs go through when looking for investment. GrowthBusiness finds out the key tips essential to success, and what it's really like going under the microscope.

Alternative Finance for Business

Reducing the impact of late payment

Graham Tripp from Touch Financial examines the knock-on effects that can arise when payments are missed.

Alternative Finance for Business

The perfect business pitch

Dragons' Den tends to glamorise the pitching process budding entrepreneurs go through when looking for investment. GrowthBusiness finds out the key tips essential to success, and what it's really like going under the microscope.

Alternative Finance for Business

Reducing the impact of late payment

Graham Tripp from Touch Financial examines the knock-on effects that can arise when payments are missed.

Alternative Finance for Business

Dipping into your pocket

With banks firmly closing the doors and venture capital firms becoming increasingly risk averse, GrowthBusiness speaks to entrepreneurs and business owners who are going it alone.

Alternative Finance for Business

In search of the new

The quest of venture capitalists for the next big thing is never-ending. We meet those on both sides of the fundraising fence and find out who is attracting capital.

Alternative Finance for Business

Move over, Merlin

It’s time to replace the failed Project Merlin with a more radical solution to the UK’s business finance freeze, argues Barclay Lamont, who puts the case for a microfinance-based model.

Alternative Finance for Business

Tech firm snubs VCs in favour of crowdfunding

London-based start-up Escape the City has turned down a £500,000 investment from what it calls a 'top' venture capital firm in favour of crowdfunding.

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