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Fair Finance wins Citi Microentrepreneurship Award!
Fair Business Loans are delighted and proud to announce that our parent company, Fair Finance, recently won a much-coveted award at the national ‘Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards’. This national awards programme, delivered by the Community Development Finance Association (CDFA) with Citi Foundation, is designed to celebrate the innovative and invaluable work
Online tools for small businesses
So, your business is growing and you have great plans for the future! Now it’s time to make it happen! At Fair Business Loans we always base our small business loan decisions not only on the financial position of the business but also on how much confidence we have in
How to be a Savvy Shopper
Ever find yourself surprised by the cost of your shopping when you get to the till? Want to find out smart but simple ways to save on your supermarket shopping? Don’t panic! Fair Finance’s savvy shopper tips are here to help you save £s at the tills. Save money by
Work Smarter not Harder!
As your small business grows, both your staff resources and their skillsets will also need to expand accordingly. This raises the dilemma of how much training you need to provide for your staff – and also for you! It is tempting to try and keep things running without any training
Citi Micro Entrepeneurship Awards: Fair Finance Wins CDFI Growth Award
On the 4th of March Fair Finance attended the annual Citi Micro Entrepreneurship Awards. We were nominated for the CDFI Growth award and we won! So why did we win? Fair Finance has grown substantially within the last 10 years. In 2005 we opened our first office, now we have
How Accurate are Price Comparison Websites?
When looking for a new business loans the first thing that many business owners do is to check out a price comparison website. However, let the buyer beware, or as they say in Latin, “caveat emptor” – not all price comparison websites accurately reflect the costs each loan entails. There
Nikki Knuckles Down With The Payday Lenders
One of our main aims is to help our clients escape the clutches of Payday Lenders, and Loan Sharks who charge extortionate rates of interest. Recently, Personal Loans officer Nikki was able to help client Andre (not his real name) come out of a dangerous cycle of payday loan usage.
Five Ways To Avoid Failing In Business
A recent Fair Business Loans UK blog referred to the TV series The Fixer, whose aim is not only entertaining its viewers, but also championing small businesses. That led us to consider some of the common reasons for why many small businesses end up failing, and in this post we
Let’s Do Business Together – January’s Event
Fair Business Loans has teamed up with Bootstrap Company & Real People for our second skills sharing and networking event for local businesses. Following on from the success of the last Let’s Do Business Together event, the 1st week of February saw Fair Business Loans and Bootstrap co-hosting the second
Does Your Business Need ‘The Fixer’?
2015 is still quite new and this means the inevitable flood of new TV series. One such is The Fixer, featuring Alex Polizzi, the “champion of small businesses”. The programme features a different small business each week that is in some way struggling. It is up to Alex to find
