5 reasons your customers aren’t paying you

Regardless of the relationships that you’re building with your customers, there are occasions when payments for a product or service aren’t arriving.

5 expert tips to help SMEs manage the cost of doing business as prices rise

Small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are innovative, flexible, tenacious and creative. We’ve seen these strengths first-hand: throughout the coronavirus pandemic and right now, as the cost of…

Here comes the new RLS but beware… the small print has changed

Sometimes finance is like a game of Tetris: you can fit a lot more in when you have structured everything properly.

How to survive a recession

Economists are predicting a global recession by the end of 2022. With a recession comes uncertainty – and also, potentially, opportunity.

Three great reasons to refinance your existing loans

Sometimes finance is like a game of Tetris: you can fit a lot more in when you have structured everything properly.

Investor Q&A: Mike Stevenson, Fuel Ventures

Fuel affords me the opportunity to follow my instinct and find and invest in the best founders, no matter which sector they’re operating in.

Life after RLS

The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) was the cornerstone of the UK government’s help for businesses through the pandemic.

How innovative financial products meet the needs of online businesses

In the digital world, customers call the shots: if they cannot get what they want when they want it, they will go elsewhere.

Why business debt should NOT be treated like personal finances

Many of us were brought up with the idea that if you can’t afford to buy something, you should save up until you can.

The five things that make a business investable

Finding the right investor for a business is a bit like dating: you have to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince.