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Non-bank finance
Non-bank finance options for businesses and how to choose between them.
What counts as pay?
Understand what actually counts as pay when paying a worker.
Paying the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
You must ensure you pay your workers at least the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage depending on their eligibility.
Guarantee pay: employee entitlement
What guarantee pay is and who is eligible for it.
Issuing pay statements to employees
Itemised pay statements and penalties for not giving notice of variations in fixed deductions in staff pay.
How to calculate guarantee pay
How to work out the amount of guarantee pay you must pay your staff and what the exceptions are.
Statutory payments
Employee entitlement to statutory payments.
Employment and skills - find a case study
Our case studies give an insight into how real businesses deal with employment and skills issues on a practical level
Raise long-term funding through debt capital markets
Long-term funding options available for larger businesses by issuing and selling bonds through debt capital markets.
Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance through asset securitisation
How securitisation allows you to use your income-generating assets as security for bonds.
Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance through private placements
How you can use private placement of shares or bonds to raise finance for your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance by issuing corporate bonds
How corporate bonds can be used to raise large amounts of business finance through selling debt of the company.
Financial planning and accounts
Business budgeting. Financial and management accounts: the basics. Set up a simple profit and loss account for your business. Balance sheets: the basics. Set up a basic record-keeping system. Investment appraisal techniques. ...
How bond finance works
How debt capital markets can give you access to public funding from a variety of investors.
Raising finance for our business - See.Sense. (video)
See.Sense co-founders Philip and Irene McAleese talk about how they used a successful crowdfunding campaign to bring their product to the marketplace.
Non-bank funding for short and long-term use
Where you can find short and long-term business finance from non-bank providers.
Eight types of non-bank financial support
The main types of non-bank financial support for businesses including non-banking financial institutions and equity finance.
Avoiding loan sharks to fund your business
Advice on how to spot unlicensed lenders and why you shouldn't borrow money from them.
Obtaining non-bank investment
How to secure an investment for your business by preparing for a lender's requirements.
Social and community lenders
Applying for business loans from credit unions, the Prince's Trust and co-operative and community finance.