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

Redundancies – What must employers do?

Last post: Nov 8, 2024

In light of the recent budget, we have had a few conversations with clients where they are having to consider making some extremely hard choices about the number of staff the business can reasonably sustain, to ensure that the business remains successful to continue to employ as many people as they can. A choice no business owner relishes making, but one that on occasions needs to be considered.

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Recent Blog posts

  • MarketInvoice launched their innovative way of invoice financing in February 2011 since which time they have advanced almost £35 million to almost 150 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

  • In the old days a bank was pretty much the primary source of finance for a business looking for a cash injection. Today smart businesses are coming to realise that there is another way that is more beneficial for both borrower and lender: peer-to-peer commercial lending.

  • There had been rumours swirling in the market for a few days and this morning ING Lease (UK) finally confirmed the worst: they have decided to close their UK operation on November 30th so the group can focus on its core businesses.

  • The Government’s oft-maligned Funding for Lending scheme is proving its detractors wrong as more and more institutions sign up to take part. From just 17 institutions involved at the end of September there are now 30 with more on the way.

  • Getting a bridging loan is increasingly becoming a popular form of finance. As the mortgage market contracts and will now only lend against properties that are “habitable”, many would-be Property developers are finding that they need to take a Bridging loan to finance works on their properties before they can be let out and refinanced with a Buy to Let mortgage or sold on.

  • Mortgage lending in the UK has been challenging to achieve over the last few years and this has resulted in both a decline in demand for property and an increased number of people renting instead of buying.

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