When starting a small business in the UK, one of the first steps of getting started with your small business is to ensure that you have enough capital to be able to do so. Capital, financing, funding, money…all the same, but what is the best way of getting your small business funded?
In this article we are going to compare …Read Full Article
In the early stages of a small business startup it’s critical to obtain the funding necessary to take your small business through the key startup stages and eventuality through to the launch. This article will explain the process of government funding and what the right way is to apply for government funding.
While there are nearly a thousand government funding schemes, …Read Full Article
If you are tuning in for for the very first time this year, Happy New Year! You are most likely here like everyone else, wanting to start a small business in 2018. So let’s get started with the top 5 ways to start your small business in 2018.
If you’ve been following our blogs here at UKStartups, you know that we …Read Full Article
Wanting to be your own boss and to start your small business is pretty much every Brits dream, at one point in their lifetime. But how many people actually go through the steps to get started and to launch their startup is another story.
Most people are “dreamers”, meaning they are the people who will forever keep talking about starting a …Read Full Article
If you follow UKStartups on Twitter @StartupinUK, you probably know about this weeks Q&A session. We had a lot of interesting questions come to use from our followers and onlookers.
One question that seemed to be reoccurring is “how can I get free government funding for my small business?”
Before we get into that, let’s break that question up into …Read Full Article
Government Grants vs Government Loans?
That is a question that often comes up from many small business owners and fresh new faces here at UKStartups.org, so what is actually better for you?
Let me first give you a quick overview of what each one is:
Government Grants: Often government grants, also known as subsidies, bursaries or contributions are simply money …Read Full Article
Government funding, in other words “money” for your small business if successful at obtaining can be used for so many things.
If you get a government grant or loan, or tax break or a subsidy you can use it for various purposes. These purposes include but are not limited to:
Starting up a small business
Expanding your existing small …Read Full Article
Guaranteed government funding for small business owners in the UK.
Yes, please sign me up!
If somebody can guarantee you government funding for your small business, what are you doing here reading this? Go get it!
However the only problem with that statement is that there is literally nobody that legally can guarantee you government funding for your small business.
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Did you know that around 73% of funding applications submitted to government funding agencies by British small business owners are denied due to simply being filled out wrong?
If you have a small business in the UK, or are thinking of starting one up any time soon, this article and these funding application fails and ways to avoid them is …Read Full Article
Every day small business owners across the UK search and apply for government funding for their businesses. Some apply for government grants, some for government backed loans and others benefit from tax breaks and credit.
Today we had the opportunity to sit down with one of our members from Birmingham, West Midlands and discuss their small business startup and how …Read Full Article