Access to Alternative Funding - Where to go when the banks say no

An excellent networking opportunity and chance to find out more about finance and getting investment ready for businesses wanting to set up and scale up. Join us at Azets to hear from a range of speakers about how to finance business growth, plus a lived example from Neo-walk, an innovative business that has taken on investment to scale up and go global.

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8.00 – 8.30: arrival and networking, breakfast and refreshments kindly provided by Azets

8.30: Speakers (max 15 minutes each)

John Kent, White Rose Finance – Commercial Finance, where to go when the bank says no

Jimmy Durham, Azets – Legal support for businesses and understanding VAT areas concerning land and property

Lyndsay Watterson, Founder of Neo-walk - tells her journey of starting and scaling her business and accessing finance through the Business Enterprise Fund

Jeremy Meadowcroft - talks about why the banks say no and how to get your start up or scale up business investment ready so that you can access the funding first time round

9.30: Speaker panel for Q&A chaired by Glen of Mass Architecture

More information about Lyndsay, and innovative female entrepreneur:

• YouTube case study: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14xm8VzZ78
• Podcast: www.befund.org/blog/podcast-selling-handmade-walking-sticks-worldwide-from-york-with-lyndsay-watterson

9.30 – 10.00: Networking and depart

John Kent - Managing Director of the White Rose Finance Group

John oversees all aspects of the business. Established in 2004, the company has an extensive (250+) lender panel across three lending tiers including high street, challenger and alternative funders, servicing the commercial property world and SME businesses. As FCA principals it also runs a network of over 150 brokers across the UK.

Jeremy Meadowcroft - Finance for Enterprise

Following a 30year career in Relationship Banking, looking after thousands of SME`s, Jeremy has worked in the Non-Profit sector for 9 years, lending Business loans to SME`s that cannot access mainstream or bank lending, for a wide range of reasons.

Businesses are the backbone of the British Economy, yet all too often their success is stifled simply because they are unable to secure lending at the times when they need it the most. Finance For Enterprise is a Not-For-Profit lender, and operates in a very different way to traditional high street banks and we pride ourselves on being a human organisation.

Every business we lend to provides Economic & Social impact & usually creates jobs and that’s why we like to say “Yes” when the Banks have said “No”.