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How to Finance your Business

To stand any chance of survival, you need to locate sources of finance to enable business growth and development. But where do you start? How can you get your hands these funds and what is the best way to finance various aspects of your business? This guide to sources of finance should give you a starting point, explaining the various options available. Ways of funding a business and its requirements are many and varied, but the first question to ask is "Do I need to borrow?" Finance for businesses can be borrowed from many sources, including: banks, asset finance, equity funders, invoice finance, and other financial sources.

This guide will explain these types of funding, which can take the form of:

  • Term loans
  • Overdrafts
  • Small firms loan guarantees
  • Hire purchase
  • Lease purchase
  • Finance lease
  • Contract hire
  • Venture capital
  • Business angels
  • Third party investment
  • Share capital
  • Factoring
  • Confidential invoice discounting
  • Building societies
  • Soft loans
  • Grants
  • Specialised funders
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