Choice Business Loans Blog

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin.


These are our Blogs about alternative finance, SME loans and the broader business environment

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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 & 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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Relevant Issues Blog

10 Tips for Getting Your Business Ready to Sell

Last post: May 25, 2022

What are the most important things that you can do to get your business ready to sell? This is often the first question business owners ask when considering the sale of their company and is explored in this blog from Paul Kaye of Transworld Business Advisors.

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Recent Blog posts

  • Funding Circle announced a reduction in their earnings forecast, part of the reason given was because they are tightening their risk criteria which should reduce defaults for investors… ArchOver introduce a new type of loan which is secured against the future fees from successful resolution of legal disputes.

  • Lending Works win the Best P2P Platform for Investors accolade at the Moneywise awards for the fourth year in a row… Assetz Capital smash their equity funding target of £1 million on Seedrs… ArchOver pass the £100 million Total Lent mark

  • Lendy falling into administration grabbed most of the P2P headlines in the past fortnight… AssetzCapital report record inflows into their IFISA during April… Investors express concerns about liquidity at Funding Circle where they are waiting 60 days for loan parts to be sold…

  • Lending Crowd reduce the exposure to individual loans from 5% to a maximum of 2% for customers using their AutoBid tools… One of ArchOver’s borrowers re-assures investors that they have no reliance on British Steel… ArchOver promise to cover the loss on a £1.75 million Wind Turbine loan

  • Assetz Capital are preparing for their third round of equity funding via the Seedrs site to fund future growth… Back in the present, Assetz Capital are offering 2% Cashback on all ISA’s from previous years that are transferred to their platform before 31st May… LendingCrowd are also offering up to £350 of Cashback in their Spring promotion

  • Funding Circle reduce their projected rates of return (again)… Money & Co plan to remove the facility to invest in individual loans and offer a portfolio instead… Ratesetter receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

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