XL Business Finance has certainly got a great deal of expertise and experience in financing printing equipment.  Depending on the type of equipment that needs financing a slightly different approach may be required. For example a company specialising in financing printing equipment will not usually finance digital printing equipment. 

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We totally understand the need to get the best possible deal on any business finance agreement. It is no different whenit comes to raising cash against unencumbered plant and machinery. No doubt any business wishing to refinance plant and machinery will go to their banks first . When they realise that this is an area of finance the banks cannot help with they will probably search the internet for inappropriate solutions. Any search of google will reveal hundreds of companies offering cash against unencumbered assets. The problem is that most of these will be brokers and when it comes to refinancing existing machines and equipment having too many brokers involved can have a detrimental affect on your credit aapplication

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There seems to be a trend for businesses to be investing in digital print technology. We are seeing many traditional litho businesses investing in digital equipment which will enable them to produce high quality short run work at a competitive price. We are also seeing many businesses bringing their print requirements  in house and investing in digital printing equipment which seems to have come of age in terms of quality and cost. For many businesses the investment is a no brainer in terms of the investment paying for itself however obtaining the necessary funding can prove a challenge for many businesses. This article may help you understand as to what is achievable in terms of finance.

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If your business is planning to make a capital investment that will reduce carbon emissions, waste or water consumption than your business may be eligible for a grant. The project must contribute to reducing CO2 emmissions  and generate wider environmental benefits.  XL Business Finance has teamed up with a firm of  local accountants that specialise in obtaining grants and business funding. Experience shows that if a specialise company apply on your behalf you have a much greater chance of success. Combined with equipment finance from XL Business Finance a project that otherwise may have been out or reach suddenly becomes a possibility.

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Obtaining business finance for a new start business is most difficult at the best of times. In the current economic climate it is even more difficult especially if you approach your local high street bank for funding. Anyone who has had the pleasure will realise  that many banks promise the earth and after providing expensive business plans, cash flow projections and numerous meetings deliver very little. And more likely than not if they can do something they will want to take a charge over property and the wife and kids. The good news however is that XL Business Finance has been helping many new start businesses obtain various forms of finance.

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Many businesses contact us assuming obtaining leasing facilities for new equipment will be a) easier to obtain and b) cheaper than a traditional hire purchase facility. The answer is monthly repayments and ease of obtaining credit is exactly the same. The only difference being slightly different tax treatment. Which finance facility is best for your business depends on your own requirements and preferences.

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Amongst all the turmoil of the last eighteen months we are still seeing one or two opportunities to fund management buyouts.  This makes a change from the business going bust and new directors and shareholders  buying  the business off the administrator. In terms of providing funding there are fewer options than there were before the credit crunch however asset finance is becoming more and more prominent as a option to top up other types of funding.

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iceXL Business Finance has over 10 years of helping businesses obtaining finance for equipment by way of finance lease or hire purchase facilities. Never has it been more difficult to obtain funding. Most of the high street finance companies have totally withdrawn from  the asset finance and leasing  sector. The likes of Bank of Scotland and  Barclays used to have very active asset finance divisions which they have completely closed down. It didn’t matter if you didn’t bank with either of these two companies they would do lease and hire purchase deals for just about anyone. Nowadays they wont even do deals for their own customers. If hey do they tend to do it on loan facilities and obtaining funding is very difficult as you will be dealing with the usually slow banking process.

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Arranging lease finance or asset finance is still increasingly difficult to obtain. The market for prime lending has changed considerably over the last eighteen months as the high street lenders are still taking a precautionary approach to lending. Before the credit crunch and the recession most of the high street banks had an asset finance division in addition to the core commercial banking. As the banks started to suffer losses and the availability of cash to the bank themselves began to dry up these asset finance divisions started to wind down these operations.

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As we know printing equipment can be categorised into two types. Digital high tech equipment and traditional equipment such as litho presses. There are a number of specialist print finance companies currently lending money and you wold think it would be easy obtaining finance as they know the market. However it is not as simple as that because different finance companies have differing views of  the suitability of  digital and non digital as security for a finance lease oir a hire purchase agreement. XL Business Finance has an area of expertise in the print sector and has been helping many printing businesses arrange finance for over ten years.

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