Access to Funding

We specialise in funding and finance for Startups and SMEs. We will offer you impartial advice on all forms of funding, including Government-backed startup funding, equity & debt finance, and R&D Tax Credit claims.

Knowing the funding landscape as well as we do, means that, in most cases, we can access a wide range of government and other sources of funding to help to pay for those activities needed for you to kick start growth in your business or take you to the next level – so what’s stopping you? We specialise in fundraising of almost every kind, from grants to loans, asset financing to equity crowdfunding – and anything in between.

We are one of the leading advisers working in the Government-backed Startup Funding schemes and have been advisers to these schemes for over 9 years, successfully helping thousands of clients to succeed with their loan applications over that period.

We can help with innovative ways to raise money via: 

  • Government-backed Startup Funding up to £25,000 per person (up to a maximum £100,000 per company)
  • Funding for Growing Companies
  • Business Loans
  • Grant Funding
  • Equity Funding
  • Research & Development Tax Credits
  • Invoice Finance
  • Purchase Order Finance
  • Recurring Revenue Finance

Business Planning

Do it yourself, do it with us or we can do it all for you. 

They say that “Plans are worthless, but Planning is everything”.

Many people think that a Business Plan is just a document that you write when you need
to raise funds. Business plans tend to be confusing. overwhelming and time-
consuming to write, and as soon as they have been written they are out of date. Every plan needs to be tailor made and bespoke for the different audiences that are going to read it – there is no ‘one size fits all’ business plan or financial forecast.

We can write the ‘traditional’ business plans and forecasts for you, but we have also changed the traditional business plan into a real-time tool that puts you on the front foot, helps you to manage your business AND make informed decisions – all based on having up-to-date data.

Our cloud-based planning tool and advisory service helps you take the doubt out of planning; communicating the words and numbers that mean most to your business, and integrating with your accounts software.

The initial output is a full written business plan (including the financial forecasts), a
1-page pitch summary and a slide-deck presentation. We will then link the output to
your accounting system so that the plans are continuously updated for you.

We help you translate your ideas into a LIVE Business Plan by writing it with you or
for you – and then providing ongoing advice and support.

Real-time Management Information

How do you get the key data that tells you what is most important to your business all the time, then use it to make those important decisions and take decisive & informed actions. 

One of the main problems small-to-medium businesses face is the lack of up-to-date, trustworthy, business information. Figuring out which pieces of information are the important ones, the ones that simply cannot be missed, is difficult if you can’t get timely access to accurate data.

​Capturing information from the likes of your accounting system, your CRM, your website analytics and your job management system, we have developed a cloud-based visually-impactful real time ‘dashboard’. It cuts through the noise and puts you in control of the most important numbers and indicators in your business, so you can make adjustments and decisions based on accurate data. 

You no longer need to spend hours digging around for the insights you need. It isn’t dependent on cut-and-paste reporting, and out-of-date spreadsheets.

We will save you time, so you can work on the activities that drive results. Using accurate up-to-date visualised data, pulled into one place, you can see trends and discover insights in real time; helping you stay focused on the most important activities, which then allows you to take action.

Know how your company is performing now, so you know what to do going forward

Hands-on Business Help and Advice

Do you need some impartial help and advice that you can trust & afford?

Business advice, mentoring, coaching, consultancy – it doesn’t matter what you call it, we just provide the help that gets results.

​We do not just coach. We do not just advise. We just get stuck in and deliver results.

We will always provide our initial advice and guidance free of charge, but once we have agreed where you need our help and advice, from as little as £60 you can have our light touch help with a specific business problem.

Or you might prefer it if we became a temporary member of your team to work on a specific issue.

Or we can be a more permanent, part-time, resource – delivering solutions across business planning, funding, finance, operations, marketing & sales.

Over the years we have built a network of over 200 experts, who can help our clients where business help is suitable for:​

  • People who want to pinpoint the way forward
  • People who need a specific output and want someone to deliver it
  • People who need an expert, interim or more permanent resource delivering solutions