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Rob Donaldson
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Shed light on opportunities your business may be exploring at the moment, such as making acquisitions, establishing joint ventures and expanding overseas.

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Funding hub

Our funding hub takes you through the various options available.

 Asset based lending

Asset based lending: a mainstream funding option

Asset based lending, once seen as an alternative source of finance, is fast becoming mainstream – or even the first ‘port of call’. Provided by invoice financiers/asset based lenders, lending is secured against debtors and other business assets such as inventory, plant and equipment and property.
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Finding funding

Businesses in search of credit or investment should begin preparations early, says Ali Aneizi, a Partner in Baker Tilly's Corporate Finance practice.
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All you need to know about funding

We asked two experts in the field to answer your questions on funding. Rob Donaldson, Head of M&A and Private Equity at Baker Tilly and Chris Allner, Head of Private Equity at Octopus Investments, gives you the facts.

Bank lending

In this market debt funding is scarce and expensive. Relationships are all-important. Now is not the time to avoid the bank says Baker Tilly’s Rob Donaldson.  Read more

Private equity

Hard hit by the economic downturn, the average value of private equity funds is down 31%. That said the bottom of an economic cycle is often a good time for the private equity sector to invest and so they are 'open for business'. Read more

Government initiatives

It’s hard not to acknowledge Government efforts to stimulate bank lending and private investment. However, serious question marks remain in relation to the raft of initiatives now on the market. Read more