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

  • RBS have announced that they will divest assets into a new bank - albeit with a very old name - Williams & Glyn

  • Finance for retailers and SMEs with credit card machines is available via a Merchant Cash Advance

  • As the Internet has grown over the years so has the number of retail outlets wishing to take advantage of selling their products online. These online stores are collectively often referred to as e-commerce businesses. There are an increasing number of consumers choosing the convenience of shopping online rather than visiting the shop in their local high street.

  • Invoice Trading is a relatively new way businesses can raise finance from outstanding invoices. It marries the best of Invoice Discounting (the lower costs) with Factoring (the flexibility to select individual invoice) to give companies greater control over heir cash flow.

  • The growth of Funding Circle as a credible vehicle for financing Uk SMEs took another huge step forward today when they announced that they would be opening their lending platform to sole traders and partnerships for the first time.

  • Peer-to-peer lenders continue to grow in numbers due, in part, to the major high street banks not appearing particularly keen to provide loans to businesses both large and small.

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