Choice Business Loans Blog

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin.


These are our Blogs about alternative finance, SME loans and the broader business environment

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Peer-To-Peer Lending With The Secret Investor

Goodbye from the Secret Investor

Last post: Oct 24, 2019

The Secret Investor summarises his thoughts after 4 years of writing about his P2P investments. What has he learned, what does he think will happen to the industry now and what will he do from now on?

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Reviews Of The Peer-To-Peer Lending Sites

InvestUP - The P2P Superstore

Last post: Dec 21, 2015

Diversification. That is the key to successful P2P lending but such a strategy, with funds spread across many platforms, can be extremely time consuming. The InvestUP Crowdfunding brokerage has been established to alleviate this problem by enabling investors to distribute their capital across many P2P hosts using just one account. Currently, offerings are listed from over 20 P2P sites in this online superstore of opportunities.

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Special Reports & Infographics

What is marketing - and how it can benefit your business

Last post: Nov 8, 2021

At Choice Business Loans we want to see our clients thrive, which is why we take the time and care to provide them with the right advice when it comes to loan solutions available to them. Beyond smart finances, running a successful SME often includes lots of multitasking and balancing of priorities. One such priority that can be difficult to get to grips with but is hugely important, is marketing. Nicole Martin of Pinpoint Marketing shared with us her top tips on getting it right - and some thoughts on when it may be time to outsource.

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Relevant Issues Blog

The Renters' Rights Bill

Last post: Mar 5, 2025

The upcoming changes to legislation regulating short term lets in the private rented sector will be significant. Particularly so for anyone who may want to regain possession of their property in the future, as the right to possession will soon be limited to circumstances that fall within the limited Section 8 grounds. Even if able to rely on those grounds, notice periods and the time to obtain possession will likely significantly increase. Landlords should, therefore, be aware of the changes and carefully consider their existing rentals to remove any unwanted tenants using the “no-fault” grounds as soon as possible. Landlords should also ensure that they are fully prepared for the new legislation before it “bites” (expected to be in the next 4/5 months), given the significant penalties for breach.

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Recent Blog posts

  • Implementing an effective PR strategy as part of your overall marketing strategy will help you communicate with your audiences through various channels in a meaningful way​. Press coverage i.e. unpaid coverage from an independent third party, presents your business and its products or services as credible and trustworthy​

    An effective PR strategy can also help you increase company awareness, it can assist the sales process, drive employee engagement and attract talent and complement other marketing activities.

  • Please see below some of the key issues that employers should be aware of to ensure compliance with current legislation and best practice.

  • As an SME business owner, you are constantly juggling multiple responsibilities. From managing operations to growing your customer base, it can be easy to overlook the crucial process of sales forecasting.

  • Choice Business Loans square 1-1

    - A contributory piece from Seymour Taylor Accountants to help provide their top 10 things to consider when starting a business.

  • Funding a start-up business is difficult but there are options including the Start Up Loans Company. This article explains how the Start Up Loans Company helps new-start business or ones trading less than 3 years.

  • For over a decade I’ve been helping business owners to plan and grow. One of the UK’s leading business plan writers, I have worked with many hundreds of business owners from start-ups, sole traders, limited companies, through to large corporations.

    To date I would conservatively estimate I have raised over £175 million in total for clients.

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