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At Fair Business Loans we are always looking out for straightforward business advice to pass on to our small business loans UK clients. We were therefore delighted to come across a new guide “Growing Your Business” from Gov UK. It contains eight main points which we summarise below, but do check out the main report […]

At Fair Business Loans we were very interested in a recent report by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). The aim of the RSA is to encourage opportunities for people to channel their creativity, to create both fulfilling lives for them and a flourishing society for everyone. Fair Business […]

At Fair Business Loans we are passionate not only about providing small business loans UK but also about equipping small business owners with the knowledge and skills they need to make business work. We are involved in regular events called ‘Let’s Do Business Together’ that focus on issues of critical importance to small but growing […]

In one of our first blogs of 2015, we looked at five ways to reduce small business costs. One of these ways was by saving energy and in this blog we return to this topic. According to John Allan, National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses: “Almost a third of small firms highlight the […]

So, your business is growing and you have great plans for the future! Now it’s time to make it happen! At Fair Business Loans we always base our small business loan decisions not only on the financial position of the business but also on how much confidence we have in the vision and leadership of […]

As your small business grows, both your staff resources and their skillsets will also need to expand accordingly. This raises the dilemma of how much training you need to provide for your staff – and also for you! It is tempting to try and keep things running without any training at all. Other small businesses […]

2015 is still quite new and this means the inevitable flood of new TV series. One such is The Fixer, featuring Alex Polizzi, the “champion of small businesses”. The programme features a different small business each week that is in some way struggling. It is up to Alex to find fixes for a variety of […]

At this time of year the usual repertoire of Christmas songs, films, shows and stories does the rounds once again. One of the old classics is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The story starts off with the central character, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is described as “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!” […]

As you may know, Fair Business Loans have been supporting business growth in London with small business loan services for 10 years. During that time, our own business has also been growing steadily and we are now firmly established as one of the leading social enterprises in the UK delivering sustainable and scalable financial services, […]