“Linking up with other leading funders makes it easy for small business owners to navigate the options and find what’s right for them.

“CDFIs, like all the funders on the portal, share the aim of simplifying this process, supporting businesses and collaborating with other funders.”

AlternativeBusinessFunding.co.uk – a free online resource for SMEs to find alternative business funding – harnesses the market-leaders for the main forms of alternative funding for SMEs.

These include short to long-term loans, equity crowd funding, invoice trading, peer-to-peer and pension-led funding.

AlternativeBusinessFunding.co.uk says it aims to make it simple for time-constrained small business-owners to contact the right funder, with only a few simple questions and no personal contact information required to use the site.

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