Raising Finance in Nottingham

What do you need to finance?

Businesses may need to raise finance for a number of different reasons such as to, fund growth through an acquisition or joint venture, improve cash flow, refinance current term debt or fund a change in business strategy or operations.

What you are looking to raise finance for will impact the types of finance you may wish to explore. What you will need to consider is:

• is the financing requirement long or short term?
• how secure or risky is the financing proposition?
• what relationship are you looking for with your potential funder?
• what are the expected costs and benefits of your financing requirement?

What type of funding is right for you?

There are mainly two types of finance:

• Equity financing involves selling a stake in your business in return for a cash investment.
• Debt financing occurs when a company raises money by selling debt instruments to investors.

The other types of finance are:

• Public finance is the management of a country’s revenue, expenditures, and debt load through various government and quasi-government institutions.
• Personal finance is a term that covers managing your money as well as saving and investing.
• Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with how corporations address funding sources, capital structuring, accounting, and investment decisions.
• Private finance is the study of income and expenditure, borrowings, etc. of individuals, households and business firms.