Engineering Success
with E-Max ERP
• Are you struggling with an underperforming or
ageing legacy system?
• Is running your business with spreadsheets
holding you back?
• Are you wasting valuable time chasing
information?
• Are late deliveries damaging your reputation?
E-Max ERP is a functionality rich system, developed to
help engineering and manufacturing businesses solve
these problems and more. Our software brings together
and streamlines all the critical elements of your business,
to save you time, money and resource.
To find out how E-Max ERP can help your company,
call us on 01642 044 905 or email
[email protected]
emax-systems.co.uk
Advice to budding entrepreneurs
Commercial Expert Ltd is an
independent loan broker, offering
business funding, commercial loans
and professional financial services to
UK businesses.
Approachable
We are a solutions provider. We are
interested in your story and committed to
fulfilling your objectives.
Whole of market access
We have access to a host of traditional
and alternative forms of business
finance, from high street banks to
bespoke lenders.
Transparent and bespoke
Highly bespoke funding options,
tailored to the needs of your business
and requirements.
Whatever your goal, we're here to help.
www.commercialexpert.co.uk
01325 359800
Authorised and regulated by the FCA. Full member of the
National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers
Recent data from Manchester Business
School shows that, although start-ups play
a vital part in the UK economy, they are
being held back – with suitable ways of
financing business being a key obstacle.
As an experienced team of commercial
finance experts, we can help both in terms
of funding solutions and bespoke advice.
Our top tips for start-ups are summarised
below.
1. The devil is in the detail
Having a business idea is great – but it’s
not enough. It needs to be captured in a
business plan, including forecasts, cash
flow, market research and, most
importantly, your unique opportunity in
the market, before the idea can become a
reality. Furthermore, this business plan
needs to be well written and presented.
This can be the difference between
getting funding or not.
2. Banks are needed – but not as much
as you think
Of course, a start-up needs a bank. An
account, card and chequebook are
essential. But as a financing route for
businesses with little collateral banks
may not be viable. Alternative routes
are available, and we would always
recommend a broker’s help to source
unsecured loans for start-ups.
3. Use regional resources
A business has an outlay from day one,
so get a headstart by accessing regional
grants that are available for up to £25k,
and then be sure to control the spending
of this.
4. The easy mistake to make
Put simply, don’t pay yourself too much!
We see this all too often, but successful
start-ups look to build a business first,
and a lifestyle business second.
5. Ask yourself before anyone else does
Ask yourself where you’d like to be in
five years, and how you’ll get there.
Think staff, competitors and even exit
plans. This thinking early on will make
you less afraid to move forward.
The help, advice and funding is out there.
You can start by calling us, but most
importantly – just start.
- Mike Coates, MD, Commercial Expert