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Writing Business Plans for Business Angels

 There are many books on writing business plans – all the banks provide a handy checklist for example.Yet business plans should always be written with the audience in mind. This short guide is therefore aimed at helping you put across to one particularly critical audience – the business angel.We see several thousand plans a year and we know what out investors are l...

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Pitching to Angel Investors - Top 10 Tips

 In today’s turbulent economic climate, securing business funding can be a minefield for entrepreneurs. With credit from banks drying up, many small business owners are turning to alternative forms of funding such as angel investment However, this can put added pressure on those who are not used to ‘promoting’ their business in front of potential ...

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Beer support BBAA campaign

The British Business Angels Association (BBAA) recently produced a comprehensive ‘state of the nation’ report into the success and challenges facing business angel investment in the UK. Michael Weaver, CEO of Beer & Partners, the UK’s largest business investment agency, comments:“We applaud the initiative by BBAA, BERR and NESTA in producing the research report ‘Siding with...

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London Investment Fair - Press Release

London, 14 April 2009: As banks’ lending volumes decrease, credit has become increasingly difficult to obtain. With debt finance becoming an expensive burden, small and medium businesses are left struggling to find the capital required to grow and are now in need of alternative forms of funding. In parallel, the balance of opportunities for investors is shifting. Investment i...

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Guide to Securing Investment Funding.

Introduction: Finding credit in the current economic climate is hard, especially for small businesses. In many cases banks are withdrawing established credit lines and, as a result, businesses are short on working capital and the finance required for continued growth. In recent years, the availability of cheap debt finance has been attractive, but is now set to be...

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