Entrepreneurs don't understand the EIS and the SEIS
Designed to help SMEs raise vital finance, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) should be...
Topic: Finance
Funding a business with the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
What's it like to fund a business using the SEIS? We look at some case studies.
Asset Financing: A real opportunity for Funding for Lending?
Roger Skinner examines whether the government’s extension of the Funding for Lending Scheme to asset based lenders, invoice finance hou...
Banks shunned as SMEs and investors turn to peer-to-peer finance
Research predicts that peer-to-peer lending has potential to deliver as much as £12bn in business lending annually.
Nine easily avoidable credit control mistakes
The mismanagement of cash flow is the biggest cause of small businesses closing down. Are you sure you are not making any of these nine a...
Discussion: Will an extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme boost business growth?
George Osborne has extended the £80bn Funding for Lending scheme ( FLS) for another year but UK business leaders are sceptical that this...
Are UK businesses taking too many funding risks?
In turbulent times for business finance, the words "risk" and "funding" are inevitably connected. David Hing looks at what to watch out f...
The Business Bank is finally off the ground...
...and disappoints. The bold idea behind the Business Bank has been watered down into an inefficient source of support for Britain's busi...
John Lewis, co-operatives, and living standards
After John Lewis' financial success, we are reminded of their staff-becoming-shareholders business model. Terry Arthur explains why a Joh...
British businesses starting to pay more promptly
Businesses are finally getting a grip on the late payment problem, new data suggests.