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Bank Funding:

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• Bank Loan

• Overdraft

• Asset Finance

• Trade Finance

• Invoice Finance

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Other Funding Options:

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• FFF - the 3 Fs (friends, family and fools) -often considered the first source of finance

 

• Sweat Equity

  • a non-monetary benefit that a company's stakeholders give in labour and time, rather than a monetary contribution.​

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• Crowdfunding 

  • Crowdfunder - the UK's number 1 crowdfunding platform

  • UKCFA (UK Crowdfunding Association)

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• Business Angels /Investors

  • UK Business Angels Association: Home - UK Business Angels Association (ukbaa.org.uk)

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• Venture Capitalists

  • Angel Investment Network

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• Grants

  • NatWest Swoop - a search facility for grants

  • Innovate UK

  • Research and Development Grant Funding UK - GrantFinder

  • Funding Central - providing charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and social enterprises with an affordable way to search for funding.

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• Contracts

  • Check gov.uk/contractsfinder - to search all government contracts

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• Competitions and Awards

  • Google search for details of local / national business and sector competitions/ awards

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• Start Up Loan Scheme - borrow up to £25k, for start ups and businesses under 3 years of trading

  • Start Up Loans - small businesses can borrow up to £25,000

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• Responsible Finance Network 

  • Responsible finance providers, otherwise known as Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) - are local social enterprises who get finance to people, businesses and social enterprises who can't get finance from banks.  Homepage - Responsible Finance

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• London Business Hub

  • https://www.businesshub.london/

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• British Business Bank

  • A government-owned business development bank - https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/

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