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Financing options
Financing options
Find out about all the financing options available to small businesses. Below, there is expert advice on ways to fund a business - including bank loans and equity finance - plus advice on pitching for funding for your start-up business.
Beg, borrow or steal?
Raising finance via The Four F's - founder, family, friends and foolhardies
Debt finance
Find out if debt finance is the type of funding your business needs.
Equity finance
Would you give someone a stake in your business in return for funds?
How to raise £100,000
We look at the various options available for raising the all important first £100k
Pitching for Finance
Some presentation tips for when you have to pitch your business
6 ways in which accessing finance is different for women
Female entrepreneurs access finance for their business less. Prowess 2.0’s Erika Wats...
Three alternative ways to fund your start-up
With UK start-ups still struggling to access finance, there's a new wave of entrepren...
10 ways to fund your business without a bank loan
How to get around the credit impasse
Top 10 ways to fund your business
A list of the various ways you can financially support your great idea
How securing a grant from our local council provided us with finance, mentoring and press coverage
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6 ways in which accessing finance is different for women
Female entrepreneurs access finance for their business less. Prowess 2.0’s Erika Wats...
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