Growing businesses can often be “debt-averse”, preferring to issue equity rather than borrowing under debt funding instruments. This point of view is understandable as debt has to be repaid together with interest (unlike equity), and in the context of consumer finance debt is frequently demonized, but sometimes debt funding is the right choice. Taking on…
We are excited to announce the first Informed Funding Conference of 2017. EFM are Informed Funding’s event partners and will be supporting this Conference with expert workshop advisors and members of our financial management team. Our focus for the day on 30 March will be on TRADE FINANCE – both domestic and international –…
Based on recent data, and helped by a weak £, UK exports were at a record high in November 2016 (£47.3Bn). In the context of the Brexit/Trump era, I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad – Brexit hasn’t actually happened yet, and second guessing the nature of a US/UK trade deal is a…
The UK export market has grown significantly year on year, with the Government pledging to double the country’s export value to £1Tn by 2020. And while UK SMEs make up 99% of all businesses, fewer than 20% of SMEs export to international markets, compared with over 40% of large companies. So with the global spotlight…
Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, cashflow is reality Join EFM, Woodfines Solicitors and Velocity Growth Hub at a Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce event on 30 November at Wrest Park for an afternoon seminar on Finance and Cash Management. Many smaller business can run out of cash whilst still profitable, because they are unable to meet financial obligations…
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