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Peer-to-peer lending with The Secret Investor

Goodbye from the Secret Investor

Last post: Oct 24, 2019

The Secret Investor summarises his thoughts after 4 years of writing about his P2P investments. What has he learned, what does he think will happen to the industry now and what will he do from now on?

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Reviews of the peer-to-peer lending sites

InvestUP - The P2P Superstore

Last post: Dec 21, 2015

Diversification. That is the key to successful P2P lending but such a strategy, with funds spread across many platforms, can be extremely time consuming. The InvestUP Crowdfunding brokerage has been established to alleviate this problem by enabling investors to distribute their capital across many P2P hosts using just one account. Currently, offerings are listed from over 20 P2P sites in this online superstore of opportunities.

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Special reports and infographics

What is marketing - and how it can benefit your business

Last post: Nov 8, 2021

At Choice Business Loans we want to see our clients thrive, which is why we take the time and care to provide them with the right advice when it comes to loan solutions available to them. Beyond smart finances, running a successful SME often includes lots of multitasking and balancing of priorities. One such priority that can be difficult to get to grips with but is hugely important, is marketing. Nicole Martin of Pinpoint Marketing shared with us her top tips on getting it right - and some thoughts on when it may be time to outsource.

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Blog about relevant issues

Growth Guarantee Scheme launched to succeed Recovery Loan Scheme

Last post: Mar 7, 2024

The Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) has been announced as the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) and effectively it's back to business as usual.

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Recent Blog posts

  • There had been rumours swirling in the market for a few days and this morning ING Lease (UK) finally confirmed the worst: they have decided to close their UK operation on November 30th so the group can focus on its core businesses.

  • The Government’s oft-maligned Funding for Lending scheme is proving its detractors wrong as more and more institutions sign up to take part. From just 17 institutions involved at the end of September there are now 30 with more on the way.

  • Getting a bridging loan is increasingly becoming a popular form of finance. As the mortgage market contracts and will now only lend against properties that are “habitable”, many would-be Property developers are finding that they need to take a Bridging loan to finance works on their properties before they can be let out and refinanced with a Buy to Let mortgage or sold on.

  • Mortgage lending in the UK has been challenging to achieve over the last few years and this has resulted in both a decline in demand for property and an increased number of people renting instead of buying.

  • Since the financial crisis, peer-to-peer (or P2P) business lending websites have exploded onto the scene – offering borrowers lower rates and/or loans when they would have had difficulty securing them otherwise. Peer-to-peer lending sites are match-makers – they introduce people with money to lend to people or businesses who want to borrow money.

  • Invoice financing is a short-term lending facility which allows you to draw down in advance money which your customers have pledged to pay you in 30, 60 or 90 days time. You show your lender the invoice which your customer has given you and the lender sets up a facility for you to borrow against it.

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