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

What You Need To Know: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA)

Last post: Apr 7, 2025

Now that Spring is here, our friends at Seymour Taylor have very kindly allowed us to share their Spring statement which covers crucial information regarding the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA).

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Recent Blog posts

  • Zopa plan to offer products with higher risks/returns to their retail customers… ArchOver have listed what they believe to be the largest non-property backed P2P loan on any platform…LendingCrowd are also setting records, with the listing of their biggest ever loan.

  • Assetz Capital are set to boom in 2016 with £6.6 million worth of capital handed over to borrowers in the past fortnight. They also have a strong pipeline of loans… Meanwhile FundingCircle continue to go from strength to strength, lending £30 million in the last couple of weeks.

  • For SMEs in the UK, there are several sources of finance and lending products available. So let’s have a look at some of the funding options for small and medium sized enterprises.

  • Whether you are a start up business or are a successful business that has been established for many years, a well-thought out and written business plan incorporating a cash flow forecast could prove invaluable in a number of ways some of which we cover below.

  • Ratesetter join the £1 Billion lent club… they claim to have reached that level faster than any other P2P Lending site… a glut of defaults for The Secret Investor gives him the January Blues.

  • Leaders from the P2P arena are recognised in the New Year’s Honours List… FundingSecure sets new records and finds funding for their first £1 million+ loan… The Secret Investor looks to InvestUP to further diversify his portfolio.

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