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Alternative finance

Articles and news on alternative finance topics for UK growth businesses, covering the various funding methods outside the conventional banking system of loans and grants.

Alternative Finance for Business

What is a merchant cash advance?

In this article, we'll be explaining what a merchant cash advance is, how they work and whether they're right for your business.

Alternative Finance for Business

This week’s jobs in alternative finance

A number of blockchain hubs are emerging in the UK – and plenty of opportunity, says Jobbio’s Kirstie McDermott

Alternative Finance for Business

What is venture debt?  

What is venture debt? How do you get it and who are the providers in the UK?

Opinion

3 alternative finance companies hiring now

The alternative lending market is one of the fastest growing sectors in UK finance; here are three exciting alternative finance start-ups hiring now

Alternative Finance for Business

Build Back Better #3 – stock finance facilities offer flexibility to SMEs

With so many business financing options out there, how do you choose the right one? Chris Williams makes the case for stock finance

Alternative Finance for Business

Duke Royalty sitting on £45m it wants to invest in established businesses

AIM-listed finance fund raises another £18m in equity having closed royalty finance deals with a dozen businesses so far

Alternative Finance for Business

Esme wants to be lending £1bn a year to small business within few years

NatWest’s digital lending platform wants to increase its SME lending tenfold as it nears £100m lent to date

Alternative Finance for Business

How does asset-based lending work in the UK versus peer-to-peer?

Peer-to-peer lending might be tightening up, but asset-based lender IGF has increased its lending 39pc year on year

Alternative Finance for Business

Spotcap Q&A with small business lender Max Verploegen

Spotcap offers loans of up to £250,000 to businesses, priding itself on one working day decisions. To date, it has lent over €250m worldwide

Alternative Finance for Business

Online platform launches to help companies raise finance

Companies can borrow up to £2m to grow their businesses

Alternative Finance for Business

Capify secures £75 million credit facility from Goldman Sachs

Alternative finance provider Capify has secured a significant credit facility from Goldman Sachs to grow its funding for SMEs business

Alternative Finance for Business

Interview with Chirag Shah, co-founder of Nucleus Commercial Finance

Here, we talk to Nucleus Commercial Finance co-founder Chirag Shah about balancing innovation and day-to-day operations, keeping staff motivated, and the state of the alternative finance marketplace today.