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Understanding funding options: Invoice discounting and stock finance

 The time when invoice discounting was seen as ‘finance of the last resort’ is well in the past and it is now a mainstream source of finance that often sits alongside other funding options, including debt. In general, for regulatory reasons, and where appropriate, banks prefer to offer invoice discounting rather than overdraft facilities. How [...]

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Jane Harrison
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Advice for Businesses, Corporate finance
On February 20 2012

Five hallmarks of a good business plan

A strong business plan is your blueprint for commercial success – as well as a key to unlock funding and investment opportunities. It must give evidence-backed information on how you are going to develop your business, the management team that will drive its growth, and how you will handle financial management. The act of putting [...]

Posted by
Jane Harrison
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Advice for Businesses
On March 8 2011