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Completed transaction · Recruitment and talent business

£10,000 for a young business with limited trading history.

Limited revenue and credit history put many lenders off. We found one that would lend.

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Amount
£10,000
Sector
Recruitment and talent business
Structure
Unsecured business loan
Outcome
Completed
In short

The business needed initial working capital. It was relatively young, with limited revenue history. We arranged £10,000. The £10,000 unsecured loan completed, giving the business the working capital it needed.

Staffing businesses pay their people before their clients pay them. The gap between the two is the business model, not a warning sign.

This recruitment and talent business needed a lender that saw it that way.

  1. The requirement

    The business needed initial working capital. It was relatively young, with limited revenue history.

    We arranged £10,000.

  2. The challenge

    With limited revenue and credit history, there was little for a mainstream lender's scorecard to work with.

  3. The structure

    We presented the business properly and approached lenders with appetite for younger companies, comparing what was available before recommending the best fit.

  4. The result

    The £10,000 unsecured loan completed, giving the business the working capital it needed.

What our clients say

We had already approached other finance companies who weren’t able to help. From our first conversation to everything being completed took around 7 days, and they kept us informed throughout. If you’ve struggled to get help elsewhere, I would absolutely recommend giving them a call.

Family-run businessMachine finance after other lenders couldn’t helpGoogle review
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How can a staffing business fund the gap between payroll and payment?
Common options include invoice finance and working capital facilities sized to the payroll cycle. The right lender sees that gap as the business model it is. See recruitment finance.
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