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How to Spot Invoice Fraud

Last post: Dec 6, 2019

Invoice fraud is easy to commit and easy to fall for - but it is easier than you might think to notice and prevent against. Invoice Fraud is the process by which a scammer tricks a company into changing payee details for a product or service that the company regularly pay for. These scammers are experts at finding out about business to business relationships that the victim holds with service providers or buyers and sellers. They may even be aware of regular payment dates or deliveries.

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Phishing Scams

Last post: Dec 6, 2019

Phishing is very common and tends to catch a lot of people out. Phishing is the term for when a scammer reaches to a victim via cold email (sometimes these emails are more targeted and will be sent to only a few businesses, and sometimes they’ll be sent en masse) with a message including a link that will direct the user to a site requiring them to enter personal details like bank account or credit card numbers, or sometimes a link that will allow the scammer remote access of the victim’s computer.

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Domain Slamming

Last post: Dec 6, 2019

Website domain name fraud, or ‘domain slamming’ is a pretty common type of fraud affecting online retailers, bloggers, and businesses both small and large. If you’ve bought a domain name, you could be a target.

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Brexit grants for Buckinghamshire businesses

Last post: Oct 14, 2019

Brexit grants for Buckinghamshire businesses are being made available by the area's Local Enterprise Partnership, Buckinghamshire Business First.

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Merchant Cash Advances and Bad Credit

Last post: Oct 10, 2019

When your credit score isn’t too healthy, it can be a challenge to raise the business capital that you need to grow. But does that mean that you should be denied the opportunity? There are funding routes out there that a business with bad credit can take to ensure that they can move forward.

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Benefits of a Merchant Cash Advance

Last post: Oct 10, 2019

A merchant cash advance - otherwise known as an MCA - is a popular form of alternative business finance. It works well for small firms and sole traders that make the majority of their income through credit card transactions as opposed to invoices and bank transfers, such as shops, restaurants, salons and cafes.

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