Monthly Archives: December 2011

Latest client – low minimum fees – ice cream company

We were recently approached by a company that sells ice creams and jams to independent shops. They were looking to offer credit terms to their customers with a view to increasing sales and gaining competitive advantage. However, as a small … Continue reading

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Latest Client – Flooring Contractor – Factoring

We are delighted to welcome our latest client who is a flooring contractor. They specialise in laminate flooring and service large retail outlets. They were operating as subcontractors and while margins within their business is good the time it took … Continue reading

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Factoring Special Offers

Factoring Special Offers are now included on the home page of Smart Factoring Quotes. If you are a lender with a special offer please let us know. If you are a business looking for the best invoice finance facility for your … Continue reading

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Why use a factoring broker?

Invoice finance facilities can be fairly complex when you look at how they calculate the cash generated and also the costs involved. In short the headline rates do not give the full picture. Invoice finance can be costly and typically … Continue reading

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We have reduced a clients service fee by over 50%

We have been working with a print company who were using their own bank to provide invoice finance facilities. They enquired via our website about reviewing their facility. We discovered that their bank had essentially been overcharging them for the … Continue reading

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FPB Launches plan for growth

The Forum of Private Business has come up with a 3 pronged attack for growth. slash government red tape reduce the complexity of our tax ststem halt the rising fuel and utility prices This was launched after the announcement that … Continue reading

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Latest Client – Single Invoice Factoring – Recruitment

Our latest client is a permanent recruitment company who was looking to access some cash for a short period of time. We fully explained their options and the associated costs and they decided a spot factoring facility was the best … Continue reading

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Understanding Factoring Costs

Factoring costs can be quite difficult to understand if you do not know what to look out for. There is a page on the site advising people how best to minimise factoring costs. I thought it might be an idea … Continue reading

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Bank Invoice Finance Providers – are they all the same?

I often listen to people discussing whether they should use a bank owned invoice finance provider or an independent provider. Certainly among the independent providers there is a wide variety of products, credit appetite and service levels. But what about … Continue reading

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Selective Factoring or Spot Factoring

Selective factoring allows a business to choose which debtors to factor. They then notify all invoices for that debtor to the factoring company. Spot factoring allows you to choose individual invoices to factor. This can be a one off invoice … Continue reading

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