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New routes: The Enterprise Finance Guarantee is one of the new funding options

Discounted funding: options there for SMEs

Andy Cutbill, head of products and pricing at Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking, explains why with government schemes designed to make access to finance easier for SMEs, businesses can be confident that funding for growth is widely available – and at a discounted cost.

Late payments: The effect of delayed fees can effect more than just one business

Reducing the impact of late payment

Graham Tripp from Touch Financial examines the knock-on effects that can arise when payments are missed.

Structured research: Pre-deal investigative work can help identify alternative buyers

Quickly and quietly

Mark Hardwicke, managing partner at Solution Corporate Finance, looks at why discretion and momentum are vital to achieve a successful business sale. 

Dyslexic entrepreneurs

Why Dyslexia Makes For Great Entrepreneurs

What do Richard Branson, Stephen Spielberg and the late Steve Jobs all have in common?

Business providers offer broadband packages with high bandwidths

Why should SMEs invest in business broadband?

SMEs consider why they should sign up for business grade broadband rather than the standard residential broadband.

Email security and keeping customer data safe

Exchange migration

When it comes to email security and keeping one’s data safe, many people are startlingly ill-informed as to how easily personal details and vital information can be hacked by external sources.

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Bird's eye view: Start-ups can new begin to utilise satellites to build technologies

Space: The final entrepreneurial frontier

Despite it taking until 2013 for the UK to have its first ‘official astronaut’, Britain’s space industry offers many opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Growing A Business

Stifling business: Regulation on markets like AIM makes it hard for SMEs

Light touch regulation: Friend or foe? 

Sophia Harrison, director of financial and professional services at Grayling, looks at how a new exchange platform out of Sweden could strike the right chord of regulation for SMEs.

Comment & Analysis

Partnering with larger businesses for growth

Building a high-growth business stage three: Choosing to partner with larger firms to collaborate on projects.

Research

Source of growth: There are 64 UK-listed cash shells holding £237.9 million

The rise of cash shells

New research from GrowthBusiness shows that the number of UK cash shells is climbing. We speak to new entrants to the market and those that have recently closed deals to find out what’s driving shells’ increasing popularity.