This post sets out several free guides and “how to . . .” articles that relate to getting invoice finance and also leaving that type of funding. We have published a generic Cash Flow Guide that gives tips on improving cash flow and how to boost working capital.
Getting Invoice Finance
- Our Guide To Invoice Finance is a great place to start with an overview of how these products work, the companies that provide these types of services and the funding that is available. If you would like more product-specific advice see our guides to the Different Kinds Of Factoring and Types Of Invoice Discounting.
You may also be interested in ensuring you avoid many common mistakes – read our article about Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Factoring. To maximise your chances of being approved for factoring see our Top Tips For Getting Approved For Factoring.
- We have a free factoring guide focusing on the factoring products, how they work, what they cost and the criteria to qualify.
- Sector-specific funding – whilst almost any industry sector can be funded, we have specialist guides to Funding Recruitment and Funding Construction sector companies.
We have produced a specific guide to Construction Sector Funding.
- Pricing – How do invoice finance costs work – this article includes links to pages that give you examples of typical costs for factoring and invoice discounting, according to the approximate size of your business. You may also be interested to see this: Summary Of Our Invoice Finance Pricing Research.
- 6 Ways To Reduce Your Invoice Finance Costs – explains how you can make savings on your fees.
- Startup Funding – our short guide to using cash flow funding to finance a new startup company.
- How To Finance A Large Order – looks at how you can use receivables funding to finance a large one-off order.
- Common mistakes, misconceptions and misunderstandings about factoring and invoice finance that customers make.
- Leveraging Invoice Finance For Company Acquisitions – how to use invoice financing as part of the solution to financing a company acquisition – particularly useful if you are new to buying companies.
How To Stop Using Invoice Finance
We have several related advice articles and guides about how to stop using invoice funding:
- Calculating the cost of leaving invoice finance – this explains the various aspects of the cost that you need to take into account.
- How To Get Out Of Factoring In 10 Steps – explains the process you can adopt to leave factoring in favour of alternative means of funding your business.
- Invoice Finance Termination guide – a free guide that explains everything you need to know regarding terminating invoice finance or factoring facility, whether your provider gives notice of termination or you wish to initiate termination yourself.
- After you no longer have a factoring company handling your credit control you will need to undertake this function yourself or use an outsourcer. Another of our free guides explains How To Run Your Credit Control Function.
Trade Financing
On the topic of trade financing:
- This guide sets out what you need to know about trade finance support for importers and exporters.