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Get to grips with cashflow and late payments

Even if your business is making healthy profits, cashflow problems can threaten its survival. This video will help you spot the danger signs and offers tips and ideas on improving your cash balance.

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Network with other businesses

Build relationships with customers, competitors and suppliers
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Find grant and support schemes

See if there is a grant or support scheme to help your business improve or grow
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Trade associations and professional bodies

Get support from other businesses and take advantage of networking opportunities
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Business seminars, workshops and other events

Find workshops, seminars and other events to help you improve your business
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Get support from business mentors

Use the national mentoring portal to find an experienced business mentor
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"I found the right sort of finance for my new business"

Managing director Tabitha Potts needed a high-quality website to reflect the design and workmanship of the products she planned to sell online. She explored a range of different finance sources (including grants and loans) to fund her business.

Read Tabitha's experience

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Grants: The basics

Investigate some of the UK grants, plus the kinds of projects and organisations that can win them. Get hints on improving your chances of being awarded a grant.
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"SRBI funding enabled us to develop our idea"

Green Light Products is a small organisation with limited resources. A project funded by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) enabled the business to carry out research and development that otherwise it could never have done.

Read Green Light Products' experience: Technology Strategy Board

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Find a business angel

The BBAA is the national UK trade association promoting angel investing and supporting early stage investment.
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“We refined our business plan to secure investment from a business angel”

Richard Palmer's design consultancy patented an innovative new product, which he wanted to start manufacturing and selling. By reviewing and refining his business plan, founder Richard met a business angel to invest the finance he needed to fully exploit the opportunity.

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“We increased profits by identifying our most valuable customers”

Simon Gotch reassessed his company's business model to focus on its most profitable customers and products. As a result, he increased profits and improved the quality of the business' offering.

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"I increased profitability by expanding my market"

Managing director Paul McCormick expanded his company into new niche markets, with dramatic results. The business increased pre-tax profits by 55 per cent and boosted margins by over 100 per cent.

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