Business Finance covers a great number of financial products many of which can be provided by independent finance companies as opposed to bank based lending. We would suggest that organising business finance has a great deal of benefits when using independentbased lenders. In the current economic climate it is advisable to spread as many types of lending with as many different lenders as possible. Never has it been more prudent not to have all your eggs in one basket. Fundng from asset based lenders is still relatively abundant therefore in theory it should be easier to be less reliant of the banks.
At XL Business Finance we would recommended that if possible you should only use your bank as a clearing facility. An invoice discounting or factoring facility is preferable to a bank overdraft. Invoice finance grows with the business whereas a overdraft which is repayable on demand will often be fixed at a set amount which depends on the level of security available. An overdraft amount is nearly always never enough.
Also there is absolutely no reason why you should need to have a commercial mortgage with your own bank. There are a number of specialist commercial mortgage institutions offering excellent deals. keep your commercial mortgage separate from your own bank to prevent the bank having too much control, on your businesses finances.
Equipment finance by way of hire purchase and leasing can easily be arranged via third party leasing companies. Again using a different finance company will prevent having too many eggs in one basket.
XL Business Finance has been helping many businesses for over 10 years to obtain the most flexible and competitive funding available in the market place. We understand how to structure a proposal and what information the finance companies require resulting in a very high conversion of our applications.
Tags: business finance, commercial mortgages, invoice finance
