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Working capital, explained clearly.

Practical articles on factoring, inventory and business finance. Written for business owners, CFOs, controllers and accountants. No sales story, just the details that matter.

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Factoring for SMEs: who it works for and who it does not

Choosing a factoring provider: eleven questions to ask

Calculating working capital: the formula and what it tells you

What does factoring cost? How your rate is built up
Three kinds of document side by side under a desk lamp, warehouse behind glass

Financing on your assets and on your business
Two people at a meeting table with a single agreement between them

Direct financier or broker: who are you dealing with?
A desk overlooking both the warehouse and the yard, with three sets of documents

Combined working capital finance: factoring, stock and a loan in one
Wrapped pallets ready on the loading dock, an order form on the desk in front

A large order in, but you have to buy first: what is possible?
A debtor ageing list spread across a desk, the warehouse behind glass

Finance that grows with your turnover: how that works
A thin letter from the bank beside a far thicker stack of unpaid invoices

An alternative to a bank overdraft facility
A man with a clipboard looking out at lorries on the yard

Five questions a working capital financier will ask you
An adviser pointing something out on a laptop beside a business owner

What your accountant needs for a finance application
A report with charts and a calculator on a desk by the machine hall

Improving solvency: what the ratio really measures
Container stacks and a reach stacker at the docks at dusk

Exporting within Europe: keeping credit risk under control
Workers changing in a locker room at the start of a shift

Improving liquidity: from current ratio to cash headroom
Two men walking through a machine shop, one pointing ahead

Financing an acquisition: where working capital fits
Two closed folders on an empty meeting table

Credit insurance or factoring: what covers what?
Three wrapped pallets by an open loading door with a pallet truck

Early payment discounts from your suppliers: what they are worth
A woman working at a laptop in an office overlooking the workshop

Non-bank finance: four misconceptions lined up
A business owner on the phone at a desk with a stack of invoices

Receivables management: why it hits your liquidity straight away
A woman at two monitors showing charts, ring binders beside her

Factoring and your annual accounts: on or off balance sheet?
A contractor's yard with concrete pipes, stacked materials and an excavator

Working capital in construction and infrastructure: why it goes wrong and how to fix it
A man in a doorway looking down a long machine hall

Factoring, inventory finance or a business loan: which fits you?
A long aisle of high racking full of wrapped pallets

Inventory finance: how do you free up capital from your stock?
A forklift standing idle in an aisle between racks of wrapped pallets

What is a pledge, and why does financing so often stall on it?
A man in an office looking at a whiteboard with a few notes on it

Factoring or bank credit: which fits when?
A stack of invoices on a desk as a lorry pulls away outside

What is factoring, and when is it the right choice?
A worker with a reach truck between filled warehouse racks

Inventory finance in practice

The biggest pitfalls in working capital finance

What goes wrong with factoring, inventory and business finance, and how do you avoid it? A practical guide for CFOs, controllers and treasurers. No sales story, just the details that matter.

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