Topics: idaho venture capital, utah venture capital
Have you ever heard of private equity? A quick search at Wikipedia will catch you up to date on the subject, but this article should suffice as a general overview, as well as a guide to whether or not you should invest in such private equity groups in the […]
Topics: merchant accounts, small business merchant account, accepting credit cards, credit card terminals
A small business merchant account is essentially a merchant account designed for the smaller business or individual trading online. Traditionally, it can be difficult for small businesses with limited trading history to get a merchant account. This is really a door opener for […]
Topics: credit debt, credit card debt
It would be a good decision for you to look into business credit cards if you work in a small business, or are a small business owner. There are many advantages to using a small business credit card, as apposed to only using your own personal credit card all of […]
Topics: Business Finance, Invoice Finance, Invoice Discounting
Q. Despite a significant increase in our sales, our bank is refusing to increase our overdraft facility and have suggested that I consider factoring. Please could you let me know whether I should be concerned about what my customers will think?
A. In the UK nowadays, over 40,000 businesses use […]
Topics: business finance, Invoice finance, invoice discounting, hilton baird, finance solutions
Q. I run a recruitment company and struggle to pay temporary staff when I haven’t yet received the money in from the client. My overdraft facility is not easily increased when I need the cash. Is there anything I can do to assist with this?
A. […]
Topics: installment loans, credit repair, personal loans
In today’s financial industry there exists a term that several investors may not have heard about, but are still very familiar with the process. This particular term is labeled as delivery against acceptance, or can in many instances be labeled as delivery versus payment. No matter how […]
Topics: cash flow, cash flow forecast, working capital, liquidity, credit crunch, debtors, creditors, stock
Producing a cash flow is not difficult providing the business already has reasonable bookkeeping or accounting records. Manual accounts are fine although accounting software is likely to produce the best information base from which a cash flow forecast can be prepared.
There is […]
Topics: contract, hire, prestige, car, leasing
Car Leasing is a great way to run a vehicle. Whether you want to run one through a business or personally as a private individual it is worth considering. It’s a simple no hassle way of doing things, you simply put a small deposit down and lease the vehicle over […]
Topics: cash flow, funding, credit crunch, stock control, working capital, investment, financing, interest
There is a fundamental difference between cash flow and net profit. Net profit is the bottom line of the profit and loss account measuring the net growth in financial value. Cash is the business liquidity and closely related to the changes in the […]
Topics: Invoice finance, Business Finance, Business Expansion funding
There are many questions that regularly come up when businesses are looking to raise extra capital for expanding their businesses or manage day to day cashflow. This article looks at three commonly faced issues and provides the best possible solution.
Q. My company imports garden furniture from China and […]