At a time when it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain working capital through traditional banking facilities many businesses are looking to alternative and possibly more flexible form of finance. Invoice finance combined with stocking finance is an asset based finance product that can provide additional working capital over and above traditional invoice discounting and factoring facilities.

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Ok, I know I keep harping on about the banks and potentially having too many eggs in one basket however we have recently come across a situation which shows the banks for what they truly are.

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Invoice Finance can potentially provide so much more. As we know a factoring and invoice discounting facility will release up to 85% of a businesses unpaid invoices. In the very difficult period of obtaining cash flow from the banks it is important that a business obtains as much benefit from their invoice finance facility as possible. Obtaining stocking finance on the back of an invoice finance facility might provide your business with the additional working capital required to make the difference between success and failure. Not all stocking facilities are the same and XL Business finance has over 10 years experience in helping businesses find the right funding solutions.

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Whilst we are still unaware of any finance company that will provides stocking finance on a stand alone basis there is still the odd one or two factoring company that can provide a true stocking facility on the back of an invoice finance facility. By the way if anyone can provide me with details of a finance company that provides stocking finance on a stand alone basis I would love to know.

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Enquiries regarding stocking finance seem to be on the up. As businesses find the high street funders more and more difficult to deal with, managing directors and finance directors are continually looking for innovative ways to help with cash flow. Stocking finance is a facility normally used in conjunction with a factoring or invoice discounting facility however in cirtain circumstances it can also be funded on a stand alone basis. Not all funders do proper stocking agreements and here’s why! 

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As a leading independent factoring and invoice discounting broker it is important we match the most appropriate factoring company with our potential clients. XL Business Finance use over twenty different finance companies that all have a different criteria in terms of the clients they are looking for. The main paramiters which we work to are.

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Traditional it has only been possible to obtain stocking finance in conjunction with a factoring or invoice discounting facility. It has come to our attentiona that there are one or two specialist funders willing to look at stocking finance on a stand alone basis!