Fair Business Loans use DirectID to revolutionise loans for small businesses! In our recent article about Open Banking we explained how it will harness the power of technology to revolutionise the everyday banking experience of individual customers and small businesses. It will put them firmly back in the driving seat in terms of controlling their […]
Open Banking is Here!
How open banking will make it easier to get a small business loan in 2018… Last summer we ran an article about how Open Banking was set to revolutionise small business loans in the UK as from early 2018. Now Open Banking is here! What is Open Banking? Open Banking affects all of the UK’s […]
Do you need funding for the busy Christmas trading period?
Fair Business Loans can help with the additional funding needed so that you can focus on your customers. Some recent examples of businesses we have supported…
Fair Business loans wins UK Angel Investment Award!
Social business Fair Business Loans is pleased to announce that on July 6th at the UK Business Angels Association Awards 2017, we won the award for the Best Social Impact Investment in 2017.
Fair Business Loans delivers record levels of funding!
In April Fair Business Loans announced that it was looking to provide £2m of funding to hundreds of small businesses throughout the UK during the next 12 months.
The Top Five challenges facing a family business
There’s a lot to be said for keeping it in the family. But, just as today’s families are increasingly complex and extended, there are also a whole host of challenges facing family businesses in 2017. To help you get to grips with successfully running a family business – and keeping everyone happy – we’ve put […]
Top Ten perks of running your own business
Picture this. A warm summer’s day and you are sitting out in your garden or on your balcony, tapping away at your keyboard – then opening a celebratory bottle of champagne to mark the closing of yet another business deal. Or in winter time, when the world is rushing around with blank expressions and worn […]
The impact of Brexit on SMEs
Two recent items of research indicate that SMEs are so far managing to navigate the choppy post-Brexit waters more successfully than they may have hoped. The Insurer Zurich’s latest SME Risk Index indicates that perception of business risk among UK SMES increased in the first quarter of this year from the previous three months. The […]
Technology: blessing or curse for small businesses?
It’s a sad fact that many small businesses do not use technology to its full advantage. In fact some seem to almost be afraid of it. Recent research by CNBC indicated that almost half of small businesses don’t have a business website, and not all of those who do actually use it to communicate news […]
Are you on the register?
So, your business is up and running and things are going well. It can be tempting to focus on the everyday nuts and bolts of the business and leave some of the administrative side of things for later – when you have more time. But like the old proverb says, “tomorrow never comes”. There will […]