Found a really useful new connection. For any organisation collecting payments, it is hugely beneficial to be able to do this by direct debit. However it is difficult to get set up as a direct debit originator as the banks have very strict requirements for this. I have linked up with a company that do Read more about Setting up direct debiting[…]

Through ‘Stirling Partners’ we have been selected to run a pilot to help make it easier for businesses to access finance via ‘Funding Circle’. This is the on-line market place that enables small businesses to borrow between £5,000 and £50,000 directly from investors. The process appears simple – but as always the skill is in Read more about Business borrowing – side-stepping the banks[…]

I’m being asked to look at more cases of companies ‘locked into’ ‘swap deals that threaten the business. These can be past deals where they now wish to exit them, or cases where banks are restructuring existing lending on the condition that a swap deal is taken out. They can be good – effectively a Read more about Interest Rate ‘Swaps’ – beware![…]