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Start up · Handbook
Start Up Loan preparation guide
Learn how to reduce avoidable delays, strengthen your application, and improve your approval outcome.
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No. 02
Funding · HandbookGuide to funding a UK business
A plain-English guide on how UK businesses raise finance, and how to give yourself the best chance of a yes.
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No. 03
Start up · HandbookStart Up Loan business plan preparation guide
A preparation guide for the business plan sections of your Start Up Loan application, built around the questions myplan actually asks.
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No. 04
Start up · HandbookStart Up Loan cash flow forecast preparation guide
How the Start Up Loans cash flow forecast builds itself in myplan, and the sales, pricing and cost figures to prepare.
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No. 05
Start up · HandbookPersonal survival budget preparation guide
What the personal survival budget is for, the fourteen categories to have figures ready for, and how it sets the salary your business pays you.
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Short articles written by the bizbritain advisory team. Stay up to date with the latest information and guidance for SMEs.
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Funding a bolt-on acquisition: what changes when your business is already trading
How to fund a bolt-on acquisition when your business is already trading: how lenders judge the two firms together, and paying for the deal and the integration.
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Help franchise candidates prepare for finance: a franchisor checklist
Help franchise candidates prepare for finance with clear costs, evidence and a timely referral. A practical checklist for franchisors and recruitment teams.
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Financing a second franchise location without stretching the first
Financing a second franchise location starts with the first business's cash needs. Check the opening budget, repayments and management capacity before expanding.
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How to write a franchise business plan for a finance application
Your franchise business plan should explain how your location will work. Adapt the franchisor's figures, test the cash flow and prepare for a finance application.
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Buying an existing franchise: what to check before arranging finance
Buying an existing franchise means checking the price, the trading figures and the transfer terms. See what to prepare before arranging finance for a resale.
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Can't pay your VAT bill? Time to Pay or a business loan, and how to choose
Can't pay your VAT bill by Wednesday? Ask HMRC for Time to Pay early, then check whether a business loan would cost less. Here is how to choose.
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How to finance a franchise with a Start Up Loan, and what the franchisor will ask
How to finance a franchise: add up the full cost, check what a Start Up Loan can cover, and know what the franchisor and lender will ask.
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Business debt consolidation: when one loan beats three
Business debt consolidation can cut your monthly payment and still raise the total cost. How to list what you owe, compare both numbers and see what a lender checks.
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Starting a business while employed: Start Up Loans, HMRC and when to go full time
Starting a business while employed? Tell HMRC by 5 October if you need to, and know that a job does not stop you applying for a Start Up Loan.
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