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Refinancing for Headroom
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Q&A: FastTrack Invoice Discounting
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Private Equity Benefits
With private equity investment activity on the rise, Asset Based Lending (ABL) is playing an increasing role in funding buy-outs
Finance boom time despite the slump
For many businesses hit by a cash-flow crisis in recent years, commercial finance has been the difference between survival and going under. As a result, the commercial finance industry has recorded strong growth, even at the recession’s peak, reports Jason Hesse.
How to cope with a cash squeeze
More than three years on from the financial crisis and Britain’s legion of smaller companies, the lifeblood of any economy, still face an uphill slog when it comes to sourcing enough cash, writes Elliot Wilson
When business success is a question of funding
Founder of the School for Startups, Doug Richard is at the forefront of entrepreneurial endeavour. Dan Matthews asks the business mentor and original TV Dragon how best to finance growth.
Is UK economy adapting to tough 'new normal'?
As a period of low interest rates looks like coming to an end, businesses could find it harder still to secure finance, warns Charles Orton-Jones.
Is this a solution to the credit crunch?
A gloomy risk outlook and hesitant consumer spending has weighed heavy on the asset finance industry, but this type of borrowing could still be the best bet for cash-strapped companies, as Dan Matthews reports.
Making the most of Commercial Finance
As Chancellor George Osborne’s £20-billion credit easing scheme for small businesses gets off the ground, critics argue the plan will make little difference to cash-starved firms, writes Elliot Wilson.
Oiling the Wheels
Peter Ewen, managing director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, urges businesses to grow their way to recovery.
Acquisition Tips
Cliff Meek, Regional Director at Invoice and Asset Based Lender, ABN AMRO Commercial Finance offers some advice on buying and selling businesses from a buyers perspective.
The Starting Gate
Providers of factoring facilities are uniquely placed to support start-ups
Conserving Client Momentum
Mark Lee FCA encourages practitioners to take a holistic view of client operations to conserve momentum
Know Your Assets
Invoice finance unlocks working capital for forward-thinking businesses
Advice Clinic: Sector Watch
Peadar O’Reilly, Regional Director (NW), gives his views on the current state of the M&A market and what sectors to watch out for in the coming months
Turning the Corner
ABN AMRO Commercial Finance’s Cashflow Barometer suggests that SMEs have turned an important corner on the road back to solid growth
Standing Together
Changes at ABN AMRO herald good news for UK companies, as ABN’s Luuc Mannaerts and Venture’s Peter Ewen explain
The Squeezed Middle: Breaking Free
Our latest Credit Check Survey paints a worrying picture of the MSB sector, but Peter Ewen asserts that owners should be looking beyond the problems to the solutions
Positive Planning: The New Face of Refinancing
Steve Websdale looks at how the renewed business focus on medium and longer term strategy is creating the need for a new kind of “progressive” refinancing
Advice Clinic: Unlocking Assets
Cliff Meek,Venture Structured Finance Regional Director, gives his advice on how businesses can utilise their assets to facilitate growth
Private Practice
Venture Structured Finance Regional Director Patrick Wilkins explains the role that asset based lending can play in private equity-backed deals
Q&A: FastTrack Invoice Discounting
Vfiles talks to ABN AMRO Commercial Finance's Alison Small Managing Director, North about the new FastTrack Invoice Discounting facility
A Budget for Enterprise?
Vfiles assesses just how enterprise-friendly the 2011 Budget is
Import Finance
Our two-part series regarding Trading Overseas concludes with Brian Colvill, Venture's Trade Finance Manager explaining how Import Finance can help resolve cashflow issues for overseas traders
Advice Clinic: Budget 2011
Patrick Wilkins, Venture Structured Finance Regional Director, gives his views on the Budget and what it means for the asset-based lending industry
How to Kick Start Growth
Peter Ewen Venture Managing Director states that a new approach is required from financiers and SMEs if they are to meet their growth objectives this year
Export Finance
In the first of a two-part series on Trading Overseas, International Manager Peter Brinsley explains how factoring and invoice discounting can enable businesses to grow their export revenues
Refinancing for Headroom
Venture's Alison Small MD - North explains why those refinancing their business need to consider financial headroom
Keeping Close to Clients
Venture’s Sean Weston explains why experience and strong relationships are crucial when dealing with businesses during credit-stretched times
Advice Clinic: Getting Deals Done
ABN AMRO Commercial Finance's Cliff Meek, outlines the steps companies can take to make funding deals more likely to succeed in the current climate
ABL and the Recovery
Following our ThinkTank debate, Kate Sharp and Peter Ewen met to discuss the role Invoice and Asset Based Lending can play in helping SMEs to grow. Read their conclusions here
Time for a New Approach to Lending
Peter Ewen examines the state of UK SME business finance and explains his view on a new common sense approach to lending in a changed finance environment
Advice Clinic: Partial Exits For Retirement
David Coulton, VSF Regional Director discusses partial exits as a route for business owners planning their retirement
The Real Value of Invoice Finance
Peter Ewen explains the real value of invoice finance and why businesses can not afford to dismiss it as a funding option
Time to Pay
KPMG’s Nigel Spare tells Vfiles that businesses taking advantage of the taxman’s flexibility should beware...
A Ticking Time Bomb?
Accountants Survey: Unless SMEs find a way to defuse the cash crisis, the fragile economic recovery could explode...
Restoring Balance
Venture’s Steve Websdale on the problems that may arise when companies are considered on historic numbers
Mind The Gap
The IOD's Alexander Ehmann says businesses are still not getting the funding they require
Advice Clinic: Acquistive Companies
Successful acquirers tend to have a clear strategic direction says VSF Regional Director Peadar O'Reilly
On The Up Escalator
Overtrading may not be the only hazard as the economy improves, and businesses should look carefully at their finances
Championing Cashflow
Cash is still king and ABL is playing an increasingly important role in helping businesses to manage cashflow
M&A activity in the new political landscape
A new government means new economic policies. Venture's Patrick Wilkins discusses the likely impact on deal making activity
The New Reality
Many companies are refinancing themselves as they adjust their business plans. Steve Websdale look at the role of ABL
Service Excellence Explained
Peter Ewen outlines how effective client service plays a pivotal role in establishing lasting and productive relationships
Top Tips on buying a business in a downturn
Top tips on buying a business in the current economic climate
Advice Clinic: Has Cheap Credit gone for good?
Cliff Meek, Midlands VSF Regional Director (Midlands) explains the effects of low debt availability on the M&A market
Drop the alternative
Peter Ewen explains that the ABL Industry must drop all references to ‘alternative’ finance and embrace its mainstream position
Shelter from the storm
Peter Ewen, discusses the threat of bad debt to businesses and how more effective communication needs to be urgently employed
Turning the situation around
Today more UK businesses will find themselves facing a turnaround situation. Steve Websdale, outlines how ABL can help
ABL - the missing piece?
Peter Ewen, reveals why businesses should consider ABL as an alternative method of funding in these challenging economic times
The rise and rise of Asset Based Lending
Steve Websdale discusses how businesses are awaking to ABL and how it can deliver a funding lifeline during the economic slowdown
A Helping Hand
Venture is committed to supporting viable companies through difficult times, says Stephen Farrelly
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