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02.12
2011
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Mary Ross
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Logbook Loans Lending Offers Convenient Access To Cash

As the difficult economic times continue, many people in the UK are struggling financially. Millions who were once financially stable are having trouble with mortgage and utility payments. People are seeing their hours cut at work and many others are being made redundant, taking financial concerns to a new level.

The stress of worrying about money on a daily basis can eventually take its toll emotionally and physically. Before people get to this point, they should explore ways to consolidate debt and get access to additional funds. Logbook lending is one solution that many Brits find appealing. Logbook loans are offered against the value of the car owned by the borrower.

Not only is this type of loan easy to apply for, there are few requirements. The only stipulations are that the car be registered in the name of the borrower and be owned outright. The equity of the vehicle is released in the form of a loan.

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25.11
2011
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Mary Ross
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Business
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The Importance Of Building a Cash Reserve For Your Business

For small business owners cash is usually tight. There are expenses that have to be met quickly and customers that pay slowly. This combination makes it hard for business owners to build a reserve even if it’s a small one. However, having a cash reserve is critical if your business is going to survive and grow. Without a cash reserve, your business runs the risk of becoming a casualty if there is an unexpected bump in your cash flow.

Many business owners pride themselves of running a tight ship by carefully managing their income and their expenses. The problem is that sometimes things are run so tight that a small unpredictable ripple say a few late payments by customers can send the whole business into a tail spin. This can quickly spiral out of control especially if you miss payroll or key supplier payments.  On

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Chase Freedom Rewards Cards: Freedom $200 Cash Back Vs. Freedom $100

It has gotten difficult to watch TV and not see a Chase Freedom rewards card commercial. The recent marketing onslaught, which shows consumers opting for the largest cash back credit card getting pummeled by quarters, is a not so subtle attack on Discover. Nevertheless, it does highlight the key differences between the Chase Freedom card and competing cash back cards that advertise, but fail to deliver in the cash back rewards arena.

The Chase Freedom card’s cash back rewards program is among the best available and Chase backs this up by offering applicants massive sign up bonuses. At present, the Chase Freedom $200 promo is the largest, but there is also a Freedom card with a $100 bonus as well as a third version with a $50 bonus. While the promotional bonuses attached to these offers vary, the underlying Freedom rewards program is the same. Car

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11.11
2011
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Mary Ross
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Tax
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Beware this crackdown on undeclared tax

HMRC: drawing up a hit list

In Greece, around 27% of the economy is what the authorities like to call “untaxed” and the rest of us call “black”. In Germany that number is 16% and in Britain it is thought to be around 12.5% – guessing the size of something that is illegal is obviously an imprecise science.

You might be surprised to think it is even that high, but run through your close friends in your head. Do they pay all the VAT on their home improvements? Do they take cash for freelance work? Do they rent out one house and live in another? Or do they perhaps have a little place in the sun that they let to holidaymakers? Or one that they sold sometime ago without paying capital gains tax in Britain?

The odds are almost everyone you know isn’t paying quite all they should. This isn’t always because they want to cheat the taxman (and the rest of us) out of our fair share. It’s also abo

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02.11
2011
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Mary Ross
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Appeal Bank Bank
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UK Businesses Prompted To Appeal Bank Loan Decisions

The Better Business Taskforce launched a formal process for appealing bank small business lending six months ago. Small businesses are urged to make their appeals now if they feel their denial for loans bank provided was unjustified. Close to 40 percent of businesses filing appeals have come out winners.

The recent Bank of England report revealed a ten percent year-over-year decrease in outstanding loans to companies with under £1 million turnover. This has led financial experts to prompt small businesses to fight for the money they require. Without this financing, many small businesses will be forced to close their doors, resulting in a gloomy holiday season.

There are several ways that small businesses can have a bank lending rejection overturned. HSBC senior commercial banking manager Mike Conroy recommends that companies approach banks with detailed information regarding their business. He said that when a business is unclear about how much money it needs, this does not inspire confidence from banks.

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28.10
2011
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Mary Ross
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Diligence Due Diligence
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Factoring Due Diligence

While getting approved for factoring financing is much easier than getting approved for other forms of business financing, it does involve doing some due diligence. During this process the factoring company will need to determine that:

  1. Your company is properly set up
  2. The invoices are correct
  3. The commercial credit of your customers
  4. Your invoices have no encumbrances (i.e. liens)
  5. Your company is free of tax and legal problems
  6. The owners of the company are free of legal and tax problems
  7. Other details on a case by case basis

For many, this seems like a “long” list however, it represents the minimum of due diligence that a factoring company must do.  Some of these items are obvious. We’d l

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