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The Power of Linkedin – It Helps You Get Finance
We often talk about Linkedin when we present on obtaining finance for your business, what surprises us is that it is often something that surprises people. So take note and start improving your...
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Access To Business Finance
There is a common misconception that raising business finance is a difficult thing to do, actually we think it is now more open than ever. Access to business finance is about options, about the number...
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Move Your Business Ahead10 Months Through Business Planning
GrowthAccelrator initiated a survey which generated some interesting results, all of which we fully support as the evidence is there. The Research Showed A third of small to medium sized enterprises...
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Cross Border Trading, Import & Export Finance
More and more UK businesses are now trading across borders, whether that be importing goods from China or Europe, whether that be selling on-line to businesses or consumers in America or beyond. The...
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Auto Enrolment, The Small Business Owner Facts – Part 2
Our previous blog post covered the salient facts about workplace pension auto enrolment, now we start to look at some good ideas about what to do. By October 2018 all employees earning over £8105 (and...
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RBS Desperate To Lend To UK Business (business finance)
We picked up a really interesting article about RBS and their willingness to lend to UK businesses, the article was based around a Sunday Times interview with RBS chairman Stephen Hester. The BBC...
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Taking The Wrong Business Advice
We are always keen to promote taking good business advice, it is the cornerstone of an effective and prospering company. Being open to business advice can only add benefit to your company. We recently...
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Growing Your Business – Key Metrics
Many small business owners know what they want, they know where they want to be, but somehow getting there is always a little more difficult than it seems. Growing your business is a challenge, there...
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Tips To Improve Your Business – Part Four – USP
The Unique Selling Point (USP) is just about the only thing that will differentiate you from your competitors. The difficult thing is in finding your USP, it is not always where you think it is, often...
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What Does It Mean? Austerity to Credit Rating
A question we get asked a lot is around terminology, things like ‘what are austerity measures’ or what really is a ‘credit rating’. Well, we have decided to publish a series of blogs covering commonly...
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Consumer Finance, Retail Sale Finance
Ever been to DFS or Currys and been offered finance for your purchase? This is what we refer to as consumer finance, or retail sale finance. In other words providing finance to the consumer to complete...
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Trafford Membership Boosts Lime
Trafford is a networking group focusing on quality businesses and operating by invitation only. We are please to have been part of this network for almost a year and have been able to pass on the...
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Start-Up Loans Scheme Underway!
We have been involved with the government supported start-up loans scheme for a short while now and are delighted that our first mentored business has successfully raised finance through the scheme!...
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Grow My Business – Business Innovation
Grow my business. A common aim among entrepreneurs, small business owners and directors of mid sized companies. But where does the innovation for ‘grow my business’ come from? A business will grow for...
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What’s The Point of YouTube?
What’s The Point Of YouTube? A guest post by Robin Adams of Perfect Blend Video. There is no doubt that the number one reason why video has increased in importance for businesses around the globe is...
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Cash Flow, It’s Like WW2 Rationing
Cashflow (cash flow) At the start of World War Two the UK was importing 20m tonnes of food per annum, that was 70% of the country’s need. With a then population of 50m it quickly became a German tactic...
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VAT Issues, Our Solution
VAT, that marvelous way of losing 20% of your sales. I am not sure how many times I have heard the phrase ‘if we didn’t have to pay VAT’ followed by a statement about more profits. Well, VAT is not...
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What Is Cashflow? Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it. Cashflow is the flow of cash in and out of your business. But, this is like saying a car engine is simply a combination of parts that make the car...
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Business Start-Ups, Keep The Faith
Business Start-Ups When you are fully engrossed in your start-up business it sometimes difficult to see the woods from the trees. It is also difficult to keep the faith and pursue things when you seem...
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How To Get Your Customers To Pay You More (Better Profits)
Get Your Customers To Pay You More This means better profits. Better profits means a happier business owner. Better profits mean life is easier. All in all, a good thing yes? We all have customers (I...
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