Financing a Business Restructure and Turnaround
Financing a business restructure is one of many reasons a business may need to supplement their finances. Restructuring is usually considered when a business goes through a period of constrained…
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Financing a Professional Services Business
We often regard professional services businesses as being easier to manage than a product based business and in a lot of ways they are; they can be set up by…
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Could Trade Credit Insurance Save Your Business?
Trade credit insurance or accounts receivable insurance is a type of corporate insurance policy within the Property and Casualty business insurance category that protects sellers against buyers that can’t or…
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How to Choose an Invoice Factoring Company
You’ve already done your research and invoice factoring seems to be the most suitable option for financing your business. Other than opting for the company with the lowest monthly fees…
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Commercial Real Estate Finance and the Prolonged Pandemic
Commercial real estate comprises very different economic sectors which have so far been very disparately impacted by the pandemic – retail, hotels and restaurants have had to withstand much more…
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5 Growth Stages of Business and How to Finance Them
It doesn’t matter whether you’re in manufacturing or staffing, have one or fifty employees; the growth stages of a business look fairly similar for any organization. Understanding these phases and…
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Trends Transforming the Food and Beverage Industry
There’s not much to come out of the pandemic unscathed and unchanged and this is especially true for the food and beverage industry. Every aspect has been upturned and shaken…
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Is US Manufacturing the Route to Economic Recovery?
There’s a big sea change underway in US manufacturing, the start of which predates the significant economic and political events of the last year. What we can now say with…
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Challenges Facing Staffing Agencies Today
Staffing agency owners are emerging from the pandemic cautiously optimistic. After the major upheavals of last year, there seems to be signs of the elusive new normal on the horizon.  …
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What are the Biggest Risks to Business in 2021 and Beyond
If this was asked at this point last year, the response would be in major contrast as to the biggest risks threatening businesses this year and beyond. Risk from a…
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10 Tips for Managing Cash Flow in Small Business
As a small business owner, cash flow are two words that you only really want to hear in the same sentence as positive. It’s the age-old balancing act of ensuring…
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Adapting Business for the New Normal
Small businesses have an instinctive ability to be able to adapt to changing economic and market conditions and at no time has that agility and determination been more necessary than…
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Asset-based Lending – Fact or Fiction
Asset-based lending has been around for a long time and is a very popular way to improve working capital for businesses that aren’t able to access traditional financing or need…
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Hold the Phone: Verification Calls Are Key Risk Management Tools
There is no question that technology is helping factors function in a more efficient, cost effective manner. But Emma Hart points out that sometimes the old-fashioned methods work best, especially…
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