Finpoint Finance Finder

The Business Finance Finder platform allows businesses to prepare one funding application that can be shared with an audience of over 120 lenders, including banks, specialist finance houses and alternative finance providers, equity investors and R&D tax specialists at no cost to the business. Find out more information here.

Finpoint Limited is the underlying technology provider that connects lenders with businesses in the Buckinghamshire area. The team at Finpoint have written a blog about how best to manage working capital.

Here’s a snippet below. Click on the link at the end of the passage to read the full article.

Reactive or proactive – how should you manage your working capital

To truly take the pulse of your business, it’s essential you understand your working capital requirements. It’s a fundamental building block for the financial health and operational success of your business. 

What is your current method for managing the cash coming in or going out of your business? Are you falcon-like, with a keen proactive eye for detail? Or do you behave like an ostrich, sticking your head in the sand until you’re forced to react?

Don’t despair. A reactive working capital plan is more common than you think. But this strategy may well end in disaster because, as most seasoned business owners know, there is always something you failed to anticipate. While you need to be proactive and think ahead, there will always be things you don’t know – or can’t predict.

Read the rest of the blog and get top tips on planning ahead >

Smart funding: open to innovative businesses from any sector

Businesses can apply for a share of £25 million in Smart funding to support innovative ideas with commercial potential in any area of the economy.

Smart is Innovate UK’s open grant funding programme. Up to £25 million is available to support the best game-changing and commercially viable ideas across a whole range of technology areas.

Projects can focus on any area of technology and on any area of the economy, including arts, design and media, creative industries, and science and engineering.

The competition will support a range of projects, from short feasibility studies to larger research and development projects and experimental development lasting up to three years.

The competition closing date is at midday on 8th January 2020. Read more here >

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