PREMIUM BUNDLE: Finance
Finance & Funding
Bringing together the best advice, tools and resources to help you secure finance and funding for your business, this premium bundle is made up of financial health checks, business loan guides and grant application support.
Whether you are looking to hire new staff, expand into new markets or develop new products and services, from time to time, you might need to access finance and funding if you want to grow your business.
By checking out this premium bundle, you'll learn how to find the cash your business needs whether it be via grants, loans, investment or any other funding route.
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Free financial health check
At UMi, we're on a mission to help businesses take control of their finances. You can book your free financial health check to get started with a one-to-one session with an UMi Business and Investment Adviser.
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Understanding the different types of business finance
To figure out what finance is best for you, you first have to consider what stage your business is at, what you’ll be using the funds for and whether you want to pay off a loan or part with shares in your company. In this article, we list the main different finance options for your business and explain how they work.
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WATCH: A guide to business loans
Business loans can be provided to companies of all shapes and sizes and operating in all sectors to support their growth and development. Watch this video with UMi Business and Investment Adviser, Glen Callander, to get a general overview of debt financing.
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WATCH: How to raise debt finance to help your business go further
In this webinar, Pascal Fintoni speaks to UMi Debt Finance Scotland Director, Tom Brock, to learn more about how businesses can use loans to fund their growth and development.
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Our guide to R&D tax relief
In 2000, the government introduced the R&D tax relief initiative to encourage scientific and technological innovation across the UK. Here, we look at who is eligible for R&D tax relief, what can be claimed and how a claim is made.
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WATCH: How to structure your grant application
Business grants are an integral part of the funding mix for companies and knowing how to structure a grant application can help you get your business idea off the ground. In this instructional video, UMi Business and Investment Adviser Phil Sly talks through the seven steps that make for a successful grant funding application.
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Get Grant Ready - one to one support and grant writing
If you're trying to secure grant funding for your business but don’t know where to start, fear not because we’ve created ‘Get Grant Ready’ to help you find and apply for business grants so you never have to miss out on support you are eligible for.