28th November 2023
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Tailoring Company Post CVA Gets New Affordable Loan.

Delighted to share the success of our recent deal with a longstanding tailoring business based in Yorkshire, which has been around since the 1920s. This opportunity […]
15th August 2023
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New Government Recovery Loan Scheme Available

The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) aims to improve the terms on offer to borrowers. If a lender can offer a commercial loan on better terms, they […]
18th July 2023

Brewery Client Gets New Invoice Finance Facility Despite Cashflow pressure.

We have recently successfully facilitated a £150k invoice finance facility for a small but growing brewery located in Greater Manchester. Previously, the brewery had been using […]
6th January 2023

Funding Circle Hires New US Managing Director

Funding Circle has hired a new US managing director who will report directly to CEO Lisa Jacobs on the company’s operations in the United States. Steve […]
17th November 2022

Lenders urged to look for early signs of borrower distress

Despite the lack of traditional risk signals, lenders have been warned to watch out for early indications of distress among their business borrowers. Following the termination […]
21st July 2022

Extension of Recovery Loan Scheme Set For August

The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) is to be relaunched in August for a two year period, with a few minor changes, the Government has announced. The […]
11th July 2022

More Fintechs are offering “Buy Now Pay Later” to Small Businesses

Fintechs offering short term finance for companies has been very popular with venture capital investors in recent months ‘Buy now, pay later’ can be controvesial. Some […]
27th May 2022

MarketFinance raises £100m to lend to SMEs

Fintech credit and payments company MarketFinance has raised debt financing from Deutsche Bank to part-fund up to £100m of lending to UK SMEs. The company will […]
17th May 2022

Funding Circle’s FlexiPay Exceeds Expectations

Take up of Funding Circle’s business-to-business buy-now-pay-later FlexiPay product has exceeded the platform’s expectations. Funding Circle launched a beta trial of FlexiPay in August 2021, letting companies […]
7th April 2022

Satisfied customer of Company Funding Options.

Our client is a West Midlands manufacturer in heavy equipment. We introduced them to an invoice finance funder after the company had entered into an insolvency […]
1st March 2022

Oakam Ltd Trading as Loal Goes Into Administration

Not to be confused with Oakham finance, the micro lender Oakam, trading as Loal, has gone into administration. On 24 February 2022 Oakam Ltd (trading as […]
10th January 2022

GoFibre has secured £164m investment

Borderlink, which trades as broadband provider GoFibre, has secured a further £164 million investment from specialist asset management company Gresham House to accelerate its rollout of […]
6th January 2022

Have you received a debt collection letter when you have a Time To Pay (TTP) agreement with HMRC?

Recently companies have been receiving letters from debt collection agencies like Advantis on behalf of HMRC even if they have Time To Pay (TTP) arrangements in […]
6th December 2021

Arena Television Fraud Claims

Following the collapse of Arena Television, it emerged that there was a supposed scam at the outdoor broadcast company which meant that millions of pounds of […]
2nd December 2021

Looking for funding for your construction company?

Are you a director of a construction company that is expanding, looking to refinance or your current lender has withdrawn the facility? Finding the right finance […]
1st November 2021

Can I get a business loan with bad credit?

A bad or poor credit score is when a company is predicted to be unable to pay its debt on time, and/or in full, based on […]
29th September 2021
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British Business Bank Lends £89bn

According to the British Business Bank’s 2021 annual report, the Bank is managing over £89bn worth of financial support across some 1.7m UK businesses. This compares to the […]
6th September 2021

Single invoice finance: the flexible alternative says Cash for Invoices Limited

Cash for Invoices Limited – the single invoice finance buyer based in London, highlights the attractions and mechanics of invoice finance and in particular, single invoice […]
9th August 2021

Nucleus Commercial Finance has appointed Sam Percival as business development manager for London and the South East.

The alternative business lender said that the appointment comes at a crucial time, as small- and medium-sized enterprises show increased demand for finance following the removal […]
21st May 2021

Funding Circle Sees Boost in Profits

Funding Circle will make an expected £40m of profit at least in the first half of 2021, according to a trading update from the firm, marking tangible […]
12th May 2021

Capital for eBay Business Sellers launched

Online auction site eBay offers an alternative to bank loans for its 300,000 UK small business sellers. The first product of its offering will provide credit […]
21st April 2021

Peer-to-peer platform goes into administration

Peer-to-peer platform, Business Loan Network has been placed into administration. Business Loan Network was formally known as Thincats. In December 2019 ThinCats left the retail peer-to-peer […]
7th January 2021

4,000 financial services firms at risk of collapse due to pandemic

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) states that 4,000 out of 23,000 financial services firms asked in a survey, found that at the end of October they […]
17th November 2020

GLI Finance seeks shareholders support to prevent administration

GLI Finance is asking shareholders to vote in favour of its restructuring and refinancing proposals, as it warns that it could face administration or insolvency without […]
23rd September 2020

Property investment platform, Wellesley, has its CVA proposal approved

Property investment platform, Wellesley, has had its CVA proposal approved. 94.7% of creditors backed the proposal. Now they have six weeks to decide if they want […]
13th August 2020

Ratesetter is bought by Metrobank

The purchase of Ratesetter by Metrobank is the biggest acquisition in the peer 2 peer finance market. The price paid was for an initial consideration of […]
24th April 2020

Mini-bond provider Blackmore Bond has fallen into administration.

The provider owes investors an outstanding value of bonds worth £45m, not having paid them since October. As a result, a security trustee took action and […]
22nd April 2020

MarketFinance can advance money for furloughed employees

At the end of this week, tens of thousands of small businesses will have to pay furloughed employees, despite money from HMRC not expected to arrive […]
14th April 2020
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Business Bank announces four new lenders for CBILS

The British Business Bank has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) – The Co-operative Bank, Cynergy Bank, OakNorth […]
8th April 2020

Fintech companies say they can help to get funds to struggling businesses

Many Fintech companies that have access to clients bank accounts via things like wage advances, invoice discounting, payroll services, direct debit services have offered their help […]
13th March 2020

CFO helps Law Firm Secure £1.05m Loan from Nucleus Commercial Finance

Company Funding Options (CFO) is pleased to announce that we have helped a London law firm source a Property Finance, secured business loan, of £1.05m from […]
10th December 2018

Customer Bonds: a rise in popularity to raise finance?

A customer bond represents a debt obligation. It’s a new, innovative way to raise money, from your customers. You borrow money from them for a short […]
20th November 2018

What is Loan Stacking?

This is the sneaky, tactical task of businesses taking out multiple loans, at the same time, without providing any security. Loans to reach the desired amount, […]
24th September 2018

Seedrs reports 12% IRR across its platform

Private equity investment platform, Seedrs report a 12 percent IRR platform-wide in its latest Portfolio Update The autumn 2018 edition of Seedrs’ Portfolio Update analyses the […]
20th September 2018

Funding Circle Was Valued At £1.8bn – Now Nearer £1bn

Funding Circle’s IPO was priced at 440p when it floated on Friday.  The share price has fallen to 380p as of today. Eight-year-old, Funding Circle are […]
10th September 2018

New laws to help SMEs access Invoice Finance

The Government has put forward new laws which will allow small businesses to access invoice finance. This is all a part of small business minister, Kelly […]
31st January 2018

Turnaround Loan Facility

Company Funding Options is delighted to announce a deal for a £190,000 turnaround loan facility arranged for software services business in London, based on value of […]
6th September 2017

Cashflow is the key to creating a valuable business

Using single invoice finance to increase cashflow In this article Dr P Singh of Cash for Invoices Limited-the specialist invoice finance provider explains the importance of […]
4th August 2017

Case Study Finance for Scottish Construction Firm

We are delighted that we have enabled a Scottish construction firm to finance one of its contracts through single invoice financing (spot financing) This company is […]
26th June 2017

Company Funding Options Limited has been authorised by The Financial Conduct Authority.

Keith Steven, managing director, announced today that Company Funding Options Limited has been authorised by The Financial Conduct Authority. Company Funding Options provides a unique online […]
17th May 2017

Supply Chain Funding index falls in line with predictions

The second edition of the Supply Chain Funding index (SCFi) has just been released, and the results are broadly in line with the somewhat pessimistic predictions […]
15th May 2017

IT Consultancy London Case Study

We were approached by a technology company that provided services to a number of SME companies. The directors have been looking for the funding that they […]
5th November 2015

New £7.2m funding announced for MarketInvoice

MarketInvoice are pleased to announce  that they have raised £7.2m in their latest funding round, led by MCI.TechVentures.  MarketInvoice have already provided over £850m in funding to UK businesses to […]