ADVISORY SERVICES
Find capital for your business
We partner with Capitalise to help you access the funding you need
Find capital for your business
Cedar+ Co. has partnered with Capitalise to make it easy for businesses to raise, recover and protect their capital.
With access to the Capitalise platform, we can help your business spot funding opportunities, recover bad debt, improve business credit scores, and apply for innovation grants. We’re here to support you throughout the process.
Accessing funding
We can help you access more than 100 high street and alternative lenders, through the Capitalise platform, to make sure that you get the appropriate rate and offer for your situation. Here’s how it works:
Funding solutions
Some of the funding solutions that Capitalise offers:
Need more advice? Cedar + Co. can help!
Funding success requires more than just completing an application. You’ll need to provide information that is easily understood and attractive to lenders. We can support you in all stages of the funding process and position your company in the best possible light for securing finance. If you need any sort of advice, please contact us at 01332 292022 or advice@cedarandco.co.uk
Recovering bad debt
96% of SMEs suffer bad debts or disputes while the majority will not instruct a lawyer due to lack of trust and high costs. Capitalise removes the upfront costs and minimises the financial risk to your business with a no-win-no-fee debt recovery service. If you do win, fees are capped at 30% of the recovered amount.
How does Recovery work?
Capitalise is working with an SRA-regulated partner who has already recovered over £100m. This partnership gives your business direct access to a dedicated team of corporate recovery specialists, litigation lawyers and sector specialists.
Four key steps to kicking off the recovery process:
- Speak to us about Recovery. We’ll help you raise your case and start the process.
- Read through and sign the referral agreement. Capitalise will send you the agreement which needs to be signed in order for Escalate to review your case
- Read through and sign the Engagement pack. Once your case has been accepted, you’ll receive an Engagement pack that outlines the full terms of engagement.
- Leave the rest with Recovery. We’ll make sure to keep you in the loop.
For more information on Recovery, get in touch!
Many business owners are too quick to write off ‘good’ debt. When credit control practices fail, speak to us about Recovery. Book in a call to get started, please contact us at 01332 292022 or advice@cedarandco.co.uk
Improving your business credit score
Don’t let your credit score hold your business back. Having a good score comes with benefits. It can help your business get quicker access to funding with better interest rates or improved credit terms and relationships with suppliers and clients.
When to use Credit Improvement
- When the credit rating is not reflective of your business’ creditworthiness
- When a supplier has informed your business of a downgrade in credit rating, reducing their terms
- When the poor credit rating means your business is precluded from bidding for tenders
- When your business needs a better credit rating to access funding or improve terms
- When your business is a subsidiary of a larger company that has a poor credit rating
- When lack of working capital is constraining your business’ growth.
If you should find yourself in a situation where you need to improve your current business credit score, we can help.
How does Credit Improvement work?
By partnering with Capitalise, we can help you review your current score, suggest changes and see improvements within as little as 3 days. With a service that has seen 100% success rate in credit repair, your business is in safe hands. And if your score hasn’t improved, you won’t have to pay a single penny.
Speak to Cedar + Co. about Credit Improvement
Let’s make sure your business is ready for any upcoming opportunities and challenges. Book in a call to find out more about credit improvement, please contact us at 01332292022 or advice@cedarandco.co.uk
Applying for Innovation Grants
Innovation Grants can help accelerate your projects and their timelines. Whether you’re looking to fund a big project or speed up the time to market of an innovative new product, we can help you with your application.
Through our partnership with Capitalise, you’ll have access to a team of grant specialists with a 10-year track record of raising over £75m in funding for innovative companies.
Benefits of government grant funding
Aside from the fact that taking on a grant leaves your business with no additional debt, some funding can also cover the cost of academic and commercial experts as well as attracting esteemed organisations.
- Debt-free option. There is no debt or security for the funding received
- Keep all your equity. You retain full control
- Access to Partners. Some funding can cover the costs of experts and attract renowned organisations
- Transformative impact. Amounts are typically between £50k and £4m with an intervention rate (the amount of funding a grant will provide) of 30-100%
- Attractive to investors. Grants act as validation and signal reduced risk
- External validation. Complete competitive process that has been scrutinised
We can talk you through the process and options, just give us a call on 01332292022 or send us an email to advice@cedarandco.co.uk