Are you one of many that have muttered the words, “new year, new me?” – if you are, then we congratulate you for forward thinking! When it comes to alternative funding for your business, this is exactly the approach you need to be taking into 2019 – it’s time to hit the ground running!

 

At the start of each year most people are very enthusiastic and full of new positive resolutions, both on a personal side as well as from your business plans perspective. Furthermore, budgeting is also a critically important part of the business planning process.

 

As we head into a potentially big financial year for your company, the process of planning needs to be thought about relatively quickly. However, a good budget plan is not an activity that is completed in a few hours with few scribbles on a sheet of paper. An ideal budget may take time to complete, with factors such as adding and changing figures as new information comes to light.

 

To meet and potentially beat your competitors, the business budget for 2019 is huge for your company’s future. While a bit of healthy competition is good for any business improvements, you don’t want a competitor to be coming up with a scheme similar to your great idea, all because you couldn’t match them with your budget.

 

In addition, it is worth casting your mind back to last year’s financial statements and budget (if they exist). This way you have a better understanding to help you predict next year’s income and expenditure.

 

However, with a new year, comes the dreaded month of January. Many of us find this time of year rather tentative, especially in a small business environment. But your business doesn’t necessarily have to suffer in the doom and gloom of post Christmas. You can guarantee that other businesses will be taking proactive steps in the first month of the year, so why can’t you adopt the same mantra?

 

Financing your business might be one of your biggest bugbears, but establishing a solid financial base for your business future is essential. You need to be clear about how much money you are going to need and where to find it.

 

If you want your business to become a success in 2019, there is simply no excuse to rest on your laurels – especially when alternative funding is an option you can benefit from!

 

Furthermore, don’t wait until your need for extra funds becomes urgent! This is time of year is perfect for assessing your company finances and funding these routes.

 

Here at Aurora Capital, we are funding consultants, assisting UK businesses raise the necessary capital they require to facilitate future plans in the company. We have access to 30+ different lenders in a range of different lending markets, enabling us to source the most competitive solutions for your business. Not only will we strive to source the most competitive offers, but we can advise you on the best product for your business moving forward.

 

So, make sure you enable your business to hit the ground running in 2019. Plan your future quickly and efficiently with Aurora Capital and we can help you reap the benefits you desire!

 

If you would like to contact us further about activating your business plans or have any questions for our team, please give Aurora Capital a call on 01371 870 815. Alternatively, you can email us via info@auroracapital.co.uk.

 

Happy New Year to all!

 

 

Every year without fail you promise that this year will be different, this is the year you prepare and complete the dreaded festive shopping before the 24th December, but often you may find yourself standing outside a shop on the eve of with nowhere to turn, Old Saint Nick isn’t anywhere to be seen and you have to resort to what’s left on the shelves. But from a business point of view, are you prepared for what’s in store throughout the all important festive period?

First things first, don’t panic!

Before you go card happy or full steam ahead into a desperate shopping frenzy, it’s worth knowing whether you can actually afford all this business expense ahead of the festive season.

You don’t need us to tell you that Christmas is an incredibly busy period for many small to medium businesses – after all, it’s the most wonderful time of year – but not being prepared for Christmas can have the adverse effect – nobody likes a scrooge!

If your company is within the industry of generating more stock for your store online or offline, partaking in festive events or simply in the mood to treat your existing customers, financing the processes and approaching the start line to your Christmas planning and ensuring that all the funding is in place to be able to expand and experience growth through your respected industry is essential – why feel the need to leave it to the last minute when you can get your business necessities wrapped up and ready today!

Disposable income, present buying and feeling the spirit of Christmas will put your customers in a good mood, where they will experience a greater interest in your company’s product, service or organisation as a whole. Thus, it’s worth being prepared early in terms of sales, employees and equipment that’s needed throughout the month of December and beyond.

Sometimes it can depend on your current circumstances and willingness to use differing forms of funding, but typically asset finance is used to obtain new equipment and prepare for the future for business.

Nonetheless, you should to be clear about how much money you are going to need and where to find it. You also need to make sure you’re matching, if not beating your competitors within your industry throughout this lucrative period of business operation – this is where funding consultants such as Aurora Capital come in and turn your thoughts into reality.

Through our processes we can assess and prepare you for the funding you may need and what is suitable for you and your business. At Aurora Capital, we assist and ensure UK businesses raise the necessary capital they require to facilitate future plans in your company.

With this in mind, it is worth understanding the benefits of alternative funding, which can ultimately help your business succeed all year round – a business is not just for Christmas, you want to be in it for the long haul and succeed, right?!

We have access to many different lenders in a range of diverse lending markets, enabling us to source the most competitive solutions for your business. Not only will we strive to source the most competitive offers, but we can advise you on the best product for your business moving into the near future.

In conclusion, it’s never too late (unless you really do enjoy a mad rush on the 24th of December) – NOW is the time to make sure you activate your Christmas business budgets in good time and reap the benefits that the festive season can bring to your company!

If you would like to contact us further about preparing and activating your business plans, or have any questions for our team, please give Aurora Capital a call on 01371 870 815. Alternatively, you can email us via info@auroracapital.co.uk.

 

November is upon us. As the nights draw darker before long, thoughts of Christmas will be your company’s main focus (if it isn’t already) as well as your consumers alike. As the business landscape gets more and more competitive, it is essential to make sure you get it right and plan your festive operation sooner rather than later, from stock management to marketing and beyond. After all, it’s the most wonderful time of year!

This time of year is where many businesses enter their most busiest period, where customers will experience a greater interest in your company’s product, service or organisation as a whole. Thus, it’s worth being prepared early in terms of sales, employees and equipment that’s needed.

As we know through previous years, with Christmas comes the festive feel good vibes, not to mention the colder weather! Christmas decorations for your shop or premises shows that you’re in the spirit of bringing joy to your customers – there’s no room for a scrooge in Christmas business marketing and preparation!

From decorations to stock, heating to marketing, retail to hospitality – your winter business funding is essential. Having this in place with a good system in place to handle this extra demand and manage purchasing requirements on the back of this. With this in mind, the process of planning needs to be thought about relatively quickly, as you can bet your bottom dollar your competitors will leap in front of you if you fail to activate these plans early.

In addition, you need to be clear about how much money you are going to need and where to find it. You also need to make sure you’re matching, if not beating your competitors within your industry throughout this lucrative period of business operation.

You also need to work out how much financing you require and when you will need it. While a bit of healthy competition is good for any business improvements, you don’t want them having/using a great idea before you’ve even started singing the first verse of Jingle Bells!

Most importantly of all, don’t wait until your need for extra festive funds becomes urgent. This is the time where you need to assess which funding you may need and what is suitable for you and your business.

It can be helpful to understand the benefits of alternative funding, which can ultimately be worthwhile for the future of your company and the type of service you offer. Thus, here at Aurora Capital, we are funding consultants, assisting UK businesses raise the necessary capital they require to facilitate future plans in your company.

We have access to many different lenders in a range of diverse lending markets, enabling us to source the most competitive solutions for your business. Not only will we strive to source the most competitive offers, but we can advise you on the best product for your business moving forward.

So, make sure you activate your business budgets in good time and reap the benefits that Santa has in his financial sack this year!

If you would like to contact us further about activating your business plans or have any questions for our team as we head into the final months of the year, please give Aurora Capital a call on 01371 870 815. Alternatively, you can email us via info@auroracapital.co.uk.

Often many businesses venture down the traditional route of seeking finance such as banks when seeking funding for growth/expand their businesses. Since the dawn of the traditional banking era, the development of banking online has grown to a new level – benefiting the alternative funding avenue.

The beauty of our modern 21st century world gives Internet banking or E-banking a whole new meaning, allowing customers of financial institutions to carry financial transactions on a secure website. Through requirements such as passwords and customer authentication, a customer can access his/her account any time they want over e-banking. Thus, e-banking has given birth to 24/7 banking, which earlier was just restricted to normal in-house banking hours – today each and every bank is providing this facility to its customers making it an easy transition for those not quite up to modern times.

While personable card machines or ledger posting machines may still be in operation, the online banking storm has opened its doors for all the customers to operate beyond their boundaries. It essentially allows business professionals to carry out their banking transactions, including alternative funding options. Through convenience banking, the bank is carried to the doorstep of the customer.

From traditional to modern ways of banking thinking, you may have also heard of cloud-based lending platforms that simplifies the borrowing experience, helping lenders close loans faster and reduce operational inefficiencies – all through automation and configuration in a quick and efficient manner.

Online banking without some previous knowledge or know-how of how it operates can appear daunting to the older generation, what with hacking and data always a concern in the online world. However, in terms of young Business Owners looking to make their mark, they can sometimes be guilty of focusing on the money being spent rather than the benefit it brings. Nevertheless, this still doesn’t change the fact that in the case of alternative funding, as with many of business activities, it really can save you time and money.

It can be helpful to understand the benefits of alternative funding, which can ultimately be worthwhile for the future of your company and the type of service you offer. As well as working in tandem with many of your modern processes such as online banking.

The alternative funding markets are ever growing, with more lenders emerging with new funding products and all offering bespoke funding solutions that differ from one another.

The alternative funding method can be unique and tailored to your needs, through it’s flexible and fast nature – much like the online banking method.

Aurora Capital are funding consultants, assisting UK businesses raise the necessary capital they require to facilitate future plans in the company.

We have access to many different lenders in a range of diverse lending markets, enabling us to source the most competitive solutions for your business. Not only will we strive to source the most competitive offers, but we can advise you on the best product for your business moving forward.

If you would like to get in touch and find out more information on alternative funding, please call the team on 01371 870 815 or email info@auroracapital.co.uk– we’re more than happy to help!

“Everybody has a summer holiday, doin’ things they always wanted to. So we’re going on a summer holiday, to make our dreams come true – for me and you.” Whatever they say about Sir Cliff Richard, he certainly knows how to get you in the holiday mood – if only he came up with a song that defeated the holiday blues…

Let’s face it, after our summer get away has come to an end we have a touch of the holiday blues, in addition to many of us even experiencing challenges when we return home – due to spending more than we can afford, coupled with what we actually come back to when it’s time to go back to work.

With the summer holiday period well into its peak time, British tourists looking to escape the mundane routine of work life are likely to spend an average of £1,175 per person on their getaway plus an additional £118 on pre-trip purchases such as holiday clothes and toiletries.

Many of which are in the mindset of ‘spend now worry later’ with a simple but costly credit card payment, but this raises the question of; how you’re going to pay off the eventual bill?

After all, everyone is entitled to free time outside the confines of the office or working environment for a few weeks, holidays are something people find very hard to give up and that’s understandable – for some its what is anticipated the most throughout the calendar year.

Thus, to enjoy your summer and keep your business performing to the best of its capabilities why not consider savings/cutbacks or better still, the alternative funding option for business is one that start-up businesses can benefit from.

While every successful business has an Accountant and Solicitor representing them in their time of need, another component to have in your business armoury is a Funding Specialist – the question is do you have one? If not, why not?!

Funding specialists such as us at Aurora Capital assist clients with procuring funding support for the organisation. We’re able to collaborate with your internal services and ensure your needs and expectations are met fully – not just this summer, but all year round!

This is key for direct investment in businesses, including stock purchase, expansion & refurbishment funds and equipment purchases – not only that, alternative funding is potentially accessible at a faster rate than other traditional loans you be accustomed to.

This method can be unique and tailored to your needs, through its efficient processes, it has the potential to help not only you and your business, but so many more that may be experiencing the same situation as you.

Aurora Capital are funding consultants, assisting UK businesses raise the necessary capital they require to facilitate future plans in the company. We have access to 15+ different lenders in a range of different lending markets, enabling us to source the most competitive solutions for your business.

Enhancing this funding opportunity, enables us to advise you on the best product for your organisation, as well as prioritising our collaboration to successfully secure the livelihoods of all small UK businesses including yours.

This in turn ensures that you may have time and money to enjoy your personal life with family and friends, if that means venturing on holiday for a week or two, then why not!

If you would like to get in touch and find out more information on alternative funding, please call the team on 01371 870 815 or email info@auroracapital.co.uk– we’re more than happy to help!