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Barclays Business Start Up Account

Everything you need in one place from help with planning to getting more customers, to FREE seminars and a credit checking service to help you get paid quicker. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online

Barclaycard Commercial – Ease your business cash flow

Our Visa and MasterCard credit and charge cards give you greater control over your expenses, help with cash flow and could safeguard your business by providing extra financial protection. Find out more about our credit and charge card solution.

Barclaycard Commercial – Visa Gold and Platinum Credit Cards

Great benefits including Travel Accident Cover, 90 day Purchase protection, extended warranties and cardholder misuse insurance. Plus enhanced business travel insurance for Platinum cardholders. Get up to 56 days’ interest-free credit, when bills are paid in full and on time each month. Also enjoy exclusive discounts in association with Visa, the AA, Rymans, Reed Learning and Daisy Telecom. Find out more.

Fund your business' growth with factoring

Balance your cash flow with factoring and use the funds to help grow your business. The funding grows with your sales: the more you invoice the more you can borrow. Use the reliable funds to purchase machinery or to paay your staff. Factoring quotes

Register your Limited Company Online

Company formations from only £24.99 including a FREE 1 hour consultation for start-up funding / investment.  Visit: http://www.wisteriaformations.co.uk.

Loans that change lives

Kiva lets you lend a loan to a specific entrepeneur in the developing world - empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. Change a life today.

Get funding advice

This guide from BusinessLink provides in-depth information on raising and managing finance for your start-up.

How to raise start up finance

Starting a business is a very exciting time for budding entrepreneurs , but it can also be the most stressful. The following guide from Tiscali is a quick overview of how you could raise start-up cash for your business.

Financing your start-up

An overview of options for financing your start-up, from the London Life channel of the Greater London Authority website.

Business loans and finance from Lloyds TSB

From enhancing your day-to-day cashflow to growing your business long term, find a financial solution that meets your requirements.

Seeking growth capital?

Need funding? London Business Angels facilitates investment into early stage businesses within the UK that are seeking growth capital.

Raising Start-Up Capital

This definitive guide from Inc.com provides detailed information on how to fund your start-up.

Small business loans from HSBC

If you want a small business loan of between £1,000 and £25,000 with fixed monthly repayments, visit HSBC.

Raise money for your start up business

If you want to raise money for your start up business or your already established business, Angel startups can help you to find many ways to raise startup capital.

Go to Angels' Den for small business funding

If you need small business funding but don’t want to put your house on the line, visit Angels Den and meet business angels.

Get the right finance

Use the BusinessLink interactive tool to assess your finance readiness.

Find business investment at your RDA

Regional Development Agencies support business development by encouraging public and private investment, and connect people to economic opportunity. Find your RDA.

Get funding from the angels

Find business angels - individuals who invest on their own, or as part of a syndicate, in high growth businesses. Visit The British Business Angels Association.

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Can your customers find you?

If you have a web presence, then you need to ensure that customers can find it – otherwise, it’s just a waste of money.

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Email and web hosting

This video looks at the the importance of business email and web hosting for SMEs.

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Three Minute Mentor - Setting up a Home Office

Whether you're based at home full time or just occasionally, you need the right tools at hand. This short video looks at how you can set up the perfect home office

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Will Alan Sugar sweeten business prospects?

Marc Barber, editors blog

Marc Barber  10/06/2009

While any help singled out for small businesses should be welcomed, the appointment of Sir Alan Sugar as ‘Enterprise Tsar’ smacks of gimmicky desperation. (2 comments) Have your say »

Credit crunch: What does it mean for you?

Penny Profit blog

Penny Proffit  25/01/2008

In the current global economic climate, small business owners are likely to be concerned about the consequences of the credit crunch. Penny Proffit has teamed up with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to bring you ten quick tips for survival. Have your say »

Quality content is the foundation of Search Engine Marketing

Small business Guest blogger

Guest Blogger  21/07/2008

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is in essence the theory and practice of getting a website onto the first page of 'natural' (sometimes called 'organic') search results on the important search engines for important keywords. (1 comments) Have your say »

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Choose from 3 great Start-up packages offering a range of business and banking solutions, from cashflow management software (QuickBooks or Sage) to VAT management solution. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online.

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Financial Times Guide to Business Start Up 2010

The Financial Times Guide to Business Start Up 2010 is crammed full of all the advice you need to start a business and offers ideas and solutions to guide your business towards success. The annually updated classic handbook provides a comprehensive reference on all aspects of running, managing and growing a business.

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