Throughout the month of September, the Ulster Society is partnering with British Business Bank (BBB) to deliver ‘Funding Future Growth’, a series of virtual Access to Finance webinars that will help advisors encourage and enable SMEs to seek the finance best suited to their needs.
On 14 September the Ulster Society hosted the first of these three weekly webinars, titled 'Unlocking Debt Finance'
The recording of this webinar is available to view, on demand, HERE
A copy of Susan Nightingale's presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Richard Bearman's presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Donal Leahy's presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Jennifer Tankard's presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Alan Wardlow's presentation is available
HERE
Members can book the next events in the series
HERE
A list of links and contacts from presenters in the first webinar are below:
British Business Bank
https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/
Our aim is to make finance markets work better for small businesses in the UK at all stages of their development: starting up, scaling up and staying ahead.
Susan Nightingale, Senior Manager Northern Ireland
Email: susan.nightingale@british-business-bank.co.uk
Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS)
RLS provides financial support to businesses across the UK as they recover and grow following the coronavirus pandemic.
Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) – Pay As You Grow (PAYG)
PAYG provides additional flexibility to businesses who have started repaying their Bounce Back Loans
Finance Hub
Understand the range of finance options available to businesses. Learn from other business owners and business finance experts through a wide range of free and impartial content.
Start Up Loans
https://www.startuploans.co.uk/
Apply for funding of up to £25k, see the range of Open University courses available through the ‘Learn with Start Up Loans Programme’ and view the range of free support guides available.
Enterprise NI is the delivery partner for Start Up Loans within NI. With 28 local Enterprise Agencies across NI, ENI is working with thousands of entrepreneurs to set up, grow and develop their business.
Whiterock Finance
https://whiterockfinance.co.uk/
Providing commercial loans of between £100k to £2m
Una Warnock, Head of Portfolio
Email UnaWarnock@whiterockcp.co.uk
Tel 028 9500 1060
Upstream Working Capital
https://upstreampositive.co.uk/
Providing a range of working capital finance options – Invoice Finance, Trade Finance & Supply Chain Finance
Alan Wardlow, Sales Director
Email: alan@upstreampositive.co.uk
Tel: 028 9099 9450
CS Finance
https://csfinance.org/
Commercial finance brokers helping to source finance for clients throughout the UK and Ireland
Ajay Sharma, Commercial Finance Director – NI &RoI
Email: ajay@csfinance.org
Tel: 028 9065 4555
Barclays
Bank finance solutions for business clients
Barclays Eagle Labs
Business Banking
Corporate Banking
Gavin Campbell, Relationship Director
Email: gavin.campbell@barclays.com
NI Small Business Loan Fund
https://www.nisblf.com/
Providing loans from £10k to 100k for small businesses across Northern Ireland
Donal Leahy, Senior Lending Executive
Email: donal.leahy@nisblf.com
Tel 07999751095
UK Finance
https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/
The collective voice for the banking and finance industry.
Jennifer Tankard – Principal, Invoice Finance & Commercial Finance
Email: jennifer.tankard@ukfinance.org.uk