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• 21 Nov

  

  

  Business Finance For Startups

  I thought I would conduct a small piece of research to find out how easy is it for a new startup to find its way to business finance brokers such as ourselves, that can help with invoice finance products.I used the situation of a company that is highly suited to using some form of cash flow funding - although they may not know the name of the product that they are looking for. The result was that...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 06 Dec

  

  

  Investec Bank Plc Acquired Amicus Commercial Finance

  It has just been announced that on the 6th December 2017, Amicus Commercial Finance was acquired by Investec Bank Plc. The details of the deal were explained in an email to their introducers and contacts.Apparently the Amicus Commercial Finance brand will be retained for the next few months, and the contact details for Amicus will remain the same. Thereafter, it the business will be integrated...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 21 Jul

  

  

  Urica Supply Chain Finance Liquidation

  Urica, the new Global Supply Chain Finance company has announced on its website the appointment of liquidators as at The 20th of July 2018. The liquidation is apparently as a result of a large fraud in France.If you are an existing client of Urica, looking for an alternative source of finance please contact Sean on 03330 113622 and he will help you find what you need.A quick look at Companies...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 13 Nov

  

  

  5 Facts About Invoice Finance

  These are 5 Facts About Invoice Finance for businesses that you should know about it you are an existing user, or if you are looking for a new source of business finance.Please share the above infographic on your blog or website, just cut and paste the following HTML code into your site:450 pixels wide:

  By Glenn Blackman
• 14 Nov

  

  

  Facts About Invoice Finance For Recruitment

  I think we should be talking up invoice finance, not running it down. 98% of existing users told our independent poll that they would recommend the service to other businesses, and the volume of complaints to the ABFA (now part of UK Finance) has been tiny, 0.15% of clients each year, as a proportion to the number of businesses using this type of finance.I saw a post by one of the specialists...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 13 Dec

  

  

  FundInvoice Are Finalists For Invoice Finance Broker Of The Year 2018

  For the 4th year running FundInvoice have been confirmed as finalists in the Business Moneyfacts Awards. We have just received notification that we are finalists in the category for Invoice Finance Broker of the Year 2018.We would appreciate you submitting a testimonial for FundInvoice to be nominated as winners if you have dealt with us in any capacity. The judgeing process is all about the...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 01 Jun

  

  

  Populous Completes The Worlds First Blockchain Based Invoice Finance Transaction

  Populous have apparently completed the world’s first blockchain based invoice finance transaction, with the debtor having paid their invoice, completing the payment cycle.You may be aware that I have written previously about this, and discussed the security benefits of using blockchain to reduce invoice finance fraud.It would seem to me that the key to how useful this type of technology could...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 10 Nov

  

  

  Help When Declined For Business Finance

  I was looking through some completed deals and it struck me how many had been declined for business finance before they came to us, and how many we were still able to help.In fact, we specialise in being able to help when you have been declined for business finance elsewhere. Often we have been able to assist companies who think that there are no options available to them. It is often a case of...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 18 Dec

  

  

  Merry Christmas 2017 From FundInvoice

  I was looking through some completed deals and it struck me how many had been declined for business finance before they came to us, and how many we were still able to help.In fact, we specialise in being able to help when you have been declined for business finance elsewhere. Often we have been able to assist companies who think that there are no options available to them. It is often a case of...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 16 Jan

  

  

  Carillion Liquidation Help For Contractors

  With the liquidation of Carillion many contractors that supplied the countries 2nd largest construction company will be looking to understand what help they can access as a result of the money that they are owed by this construction giant.The good news is that many companies have pledged support. Some of the major banks have offered up support funds, many alternative finance companies have...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 08 Nov

  

  

  Business Cash Advance Against PDQ Machine Receipts

  If your company takes card payments you could receive an unsecured loan that is repaid as a percentage of your future receipts through your PDQ machine (Process Data Quickly). This product has just been launched by one of our funding panel and is called Business Cash Advance (BCA).This type of cash advance against your PDQ card payments could be made available to:You can use the money that you...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 22 Jan

  

  

  Factor 21 Changes Name To Advantedge Commercial Finance

  The established, independent invoice finance company Factor 21 has changed its name to Advantedge Commercial Finance, with effect from 22nd January 2018. The name appears an interesting combination of the words “advantage” and “edge”.We understand that only the name and the look has changed, apparently everything else remains the same.The company has been established since 2001 and...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 09 Feb

  

  

  Court Of Appeal Ruling On Ban Of Assignment

  A ruling has apparently just come from the UK Court of Appeal according to Out-Law.com (we can't give legal advice so you need to seek independent legal advice before acting on this).The court apparently upheld an earlier ruling that means that funders can be more confident in financing receivables where there is a ban on assignment in the terms of the client's customer."Ban on assignment" is a...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 25 Oct

  

  

  How To Solve Cash Flow Problems

  If you are looking for a solution as to how to solve cash flow problems for your company, there is a simple solution in the form of invoice finance.Cash flow problems occur when the income of a business is too low for not received quick enough in order to settle its expenses. There can be a multitude of causes which can include:The solution depends somewhat on the cause of the situation. If a...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 07 Dec

  

  

  ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Merger Details

  ABN AMRO Commercial Finance have just announced their intention to merge their commercial finance and their leasing businesses to form one company.Upon approval, the legal merger of the commercial finance and leasing businesses will take effect on 1st January 2018. The name of the combined legal entity will be "ABN AMRO Asset Based Finance N.V. UK Branch", wholly owned by ABN AMRO Bank N.V.They...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 17 Nov

  

  

  Need Help Chasing Invoices?

  Do you need help chasing your unpaid sales invoices? Our focus is often on sourcing finance for our customers, but in some cases it is a credit control service that they need, and we have plenty of options available.We have a number of providers that can offer these types of services, and using them can both speed up your debt turn, get your invoices paid and remove the need to employ your own...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 23 Feb

  

  

  How Invoice Finance Prices & Funding Levels Compare Between Companies

  Before you go ahead with an invoice discounting facility you may want to read our summary of how prices and funding levels compare between different invoice discounting companies.GET A QUOTE FOR INVOICE DISCOUNTINGWe conducted this comparison by seeking quotes for a client, from a number of different providers that offer these types of invoice discounting facilities. The client was of an average...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 28 Oct

  

  Online Factoring Calculator To Work Out Cost Savings

  We have an online factoring calculator, which is an Exel spreadsheet, that allows you to work out the cost savings of using factoring over handling your own functions, such as credit control.The online factoring calculator allows you to quantify cost savings in the following way. You enter the cost of your factoring facility. This will be the service charge and discount charge. The calculator...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 25 Jan

  

  

  97% Business Finance Approval Rate

  FundInvoice have a strong record in terms of being able to find business finance for companies.We have just checked our records and we found that to date, we have a 97% business finance approval rate.That means that of every 100 prospects that we have dealt with, we have been able to find business finance for 97 or them, with only 3 being cases that we cannot help. This could have been for...

  By Glenn Blackman
• 16 Jan

  

  

  Education Finance From Nucleus Commercial Finance

  I recently had the opportunity to interview Phillip Speed of Nucleus Commercial Finance, about their Education finance product.The market for further and higher education is apparently worth a huge £2.5 billion, and there have been big developments in aspects of the education sector, such as apprenticeships.In response to this, Nucleus Commercial Finance have launched their education finance...

  By Glenn Blackman