A business in good shape is more likely to secure external investment.
Helping you to start up, scale up, or pivot your business, with a focus on investment.
Managing the cash into your business comes down to good credit management.
Small businesses aspire to grow and an injection of capital is often much-needed.
Buying new premises or improving old ones, either way the costs could be a burden.
Using your business assets to provide investors with security against their finance.
Turning your attention to trading overseas could be a winning growth strategy.
Short-term funding solutions to help struggling businesses get back on their feet.
Protect yourself against the risk of being a personal guarantor for investment in your business.
Financial support for those taking the risk in scientific or technological innovations.
Securing the purchase of another business as part of a wider growth strategy.
Most successful businesses start by having an exit strategy in place, be clear on your goals.
A traditional source of finance in return for regular repayments, with interest of course.
Specialist finance to support the purchase of property that is solely for business use.
Pitching your business to a ‘crowd’ to obtain small investments from lots of people.
Securing the funds to successfully complete the build or renovation of investment property.
A government-funded initiative to make finance more accessible to SMEs.
Using money owed to your business as collateral to secure short-term finance.
Protect your capital and spread the cost of large purchases with regular payments.
A short-term finance solution to fulfil customer orders before you’ve received payment.
High net worth individuals investing their own wealth to achieve an excellent return.
Small investments from lots of people in return for equity shares in your business.
A cohort investment in failing businesses to turn them around and sell on at a profit.
Start-up and early stage finance for risky businesses showing high potential for growth.
Find out more about the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
Asset-based finances increasingly taking market share from bank overdrafts as a key source of funding for small and medium sized enterprises.