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Analysis suggests just 11% of small business loans go to female founders

Risks & Rewards of Signing a Personal Guarantee as a Start-Up Company

Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance Responds to FCA Investigation into Personal Guarantees

Survey reveals worrying lack of awareness surrounding personal guarantees for small business loans

30 percent of small businesses plan to secure new finance in 2024

The Strategic Advantage of Becoming an Introducer

Demand for Personal Guarantee Backed SME Finance rose by 68% in 2023

Average Mortgage Prices are Set to Soar in 2024 - What Does This Mean for your Buy-To-Let PG?

Buy-to-let landlords must prepare for a personal guarantee demand as mortgage rates fall

Minding the Finances - 1 in 4 Small Business Owners Feels Their Mental Health Has Deteriorated From the Strain of Managing their Business Finances

Lenders are demanding personal guarantees on loans under £10,000

How is The Insolvency Process Carried Out for Closing a Business with Outstanding Debts?

51% of Consumers Turned to Haggling for Life’s Essentials This Year

Personal Guarantees for SME loans must be appropriate and proportionate

Funding Gap for SMEs Linked to Worrying Rise in Personal Guarantees

Autumn Statement – Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance Calls for Tax Relief Reinstatement for Landlords

Proportionate use of Personal Guarantees is key to support access to funding for SMEs

Understanding whether Personal Guarantee Insurance is Right for You

Personal Guarantee Risk Heightens for Landlords as 74% of Buy To Let Mortgages Taken in Limited Company Structure

How Does the Bank of England Interest Rate Freeze Affect my Buy-To-Let Mortgage?

September sees rise in confidence to secure finance amongst SMEs

Landlords Warned over Personal Guarantee Risk as Average BTL Mortgage Falls to £895k

How to Mitigate Risk as a Business Owner During Uncertain Times

Signing A Personal Guarantee on A Business Buy-To-Let Mortgage - What it Means for You

How to Protect Against a Business Buy-To-Let Personal Guarantee

8 Common Concerns When Signing a Personal Guarantee

What The Rising Living Cost Means for Business Owners

Fall in Personal Guarantee Backed SME Finance in Q2 2023

Four out of five small businesses in profit despite battling late payment

What Happens If You Are Late with Your Business Loan Repayments?

Major causes of small business insolvencies revealed

Half of small business owners saddled with a personal guarantee

Protecting Against the Risks of a Leveraged Buyout

145,000 Bounce Back Loans worth £3.8bn in Arrears

8 Things to Consider Before Signing a Personal Guarantee

Understanding Personal Guarantees – What They Mean for You and Your Business

Chancellor - UK will swerve recession but misses the mark for SMEs

Green for go – a budget wishlist for small businesses

New analysis suggests just 10% of small business loans go to female founders

Local builders insuring against business failure hits new high

How to Protect Your Business During Uncertain Times

The number of small business owners who took insurance to guard against failure in 2022, hits new high

Solicitors Provide £180,000 Personal Guarantee in Order to Secure PII

How to Prepare When Setting Up a Limited Company in 2023

Protect Your Business from Going Insolvent Due to Rising Costs?

Big firms must be properly penalised for late payment

Average start-up loan value falls to £142k and loan volumes drop by more than half

Protecting Personal Guarantees During Rising Insolvency & Interest Rates

Tax increases will be last straw for thousands of small business owners as 1 in 5 has already considered closure

2 out of 3 small business owners unprepared for lender demands

18% of small businesses have considered closure in the past year

Purbeck Personal Guarantee Monitor Q3 2022

67% rise in small businesses seeking mentoring support as they face financial distress

Why Secure Personal Guarantee Insurance with Purbeck

Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance welcomes fresh support on energy bills for small businesses

How the Recovery Loan Scheme Extension Affects Personal Guarantees

Small businesses must think like mortgage switchers

Purbeck Personal Guarantee Monitor Q2 2022

How CVAs & CVLs Affect Personal Guarantees During Insolvency

1 in 10 BBLS Loans in Arrears by 90 plus days, £29k owed on average

Does the cost of PGI outweigh the risk of a Personal Guarantee?

6 Questions to Ask Your Personal Guarantee Insurer

Government cautioned over new recovery loan scheme

When Is a Director Held Personally Liable for Company Debts?

Builders taking out personal guarantee backed loans but debt peaked

Applications for personal guarantee backed small business loans up 50%

How to Protect Yourself and Your Business When Taking Out a Loan

Replacement RLS scheme to be announced

3 ways to mitigate your personal risk as you grow your business

Dealing with the Personal Guarantee Dilemma

Sunak’s Spring Statement Must Support Small Businesses

Small business lending back to pre-pandemic levels but PGs set to rise

Half of SME workers have ambitions to start their own business

6 things to consider when signing a director’s guarantee

Insurance Cuts Personal Guarantee Risk of Solicitors’ PI Policy

Over a third of SMEs kept calm and carried on in 2021

Brokers offering Solicitors' PII can cut risk for clients through PGI

High earners in small businesses have fared better working from home

'Money worries' top concern for small business workers

Loan notes explained – a guide to loan notes for businesses

October 2021 record uptake in PGI by small business owners & directors

1 in 5 small business owners keep quiet about personal guarantee risk

Do you need to sign a personal guarantee when starting a business?

Our Autumn 2021 Budget Wish-List as SMEs Face a Perfect Storm

What Are The 7 Company Director Responsibilities?

Business owners cautioned to protect their personal assets as insolvencies reach 18 month high

Are directors personally liable for company debts?

Pandemic inspired entrepreneurs need to get educated on personal guarantees

Debt factoring: Advantages and disadvantages

Rise in Business Creation Sparks Finance Stacking Fears

What happens when a company is dissolved?

£2.1bn Personal Guarantee backed loans under CBILS in the last year

46% of SMEs contemplated closure in 2020, now it’s just 1%

What happens if a limited company goes bust?

Small Businesses Face CBILS Shock as Lenders Come Calling

22% of small business owners keep ‘Personal Guarantor’ risk a secret

Personal Guarantee backed CBILS loans surpassed £2 billion

What types of insurance should you consider whilst running a business?

54% of SMEs that need cash to survive banking on Recovery Loan Scheme

What happens with a personal guarantee when a director resigns?

58% of SMEs in need could be excluded from Recovery Loan Scheme

How to make sure you can secure business finance

Small businesses urged to heed the warning signs of insolvency

Personal Guarantees required under the COVID Recovery Loan Scheme

Budget wish-list for post-pandemic SME survival

Breaking down the insolvency process

CBILS loans worth £1.22bn revealed to have Personal Guarantee attached

Key statistics - CBILS/BBLS lending during the Coronavirus pandemic

65% of SME workers feel their mental health has suffered

Will the Coronavirus lending schemes hinder lending in 2021?

Personal Guarantees will be unavoidable for business owners in 2021

Pandemic boosts staff loyalty in SMEs but 29% are Zoomed out

Lo and Behold! 65% Plan to Support Small Businesses this Christmas

What will business life look like after COVID-19?

Government Urged to Delay New Insolvency Rules

Last chance saloon for CBILS

Director responsibilities during insolvency

Loan pull back impact on late payment

What is a Bounce Back Loan and should I take one?

Clamour for small business loans likely | Catch is personal guarantee

Financing a start-up and reduce the risk of a personal guarantee

Start-ups get £25m cash injection without risk of personal guarantee

What are the alternatives to CBILS?

29% of SMEs have kept calm and carried on with no action needed

New finance for car dealers looks set to get personal

Manufacturers may face barriers to new finance

Small businesses urged to insure against risk of personal insolvency

Trade Credit Insurance Guarantee crucial for SMEs in construction

Small businesses urged to stress test their finances

Financial crisis fear for small businesses when furlough scheme ends

Loan payment holidays are top mitigation measure for small businesses

Ways to Qualify for a Business Loan

Personal Guarantees and the Law

Is a Personal Guarantee Enforceable?

Personal Guarantee risk for over 420,000 small business owners

Small Business Owners Take Cover

How to Get Out of a Personal Guarantee

A Guide to Bankruptcy and Personal Guarantees

Recession born SMEs hit terrible teens and reach out for cash

International Women’s Day may fail to register with women running SMEs

Financial honesty is the best policy for SME owners

The impact of Personal Guarantee Insurance in 2020

Should I Sign a Personal Guarantee?

Accountants on the frontline

Purbeck supports the new bill to clampdown on late payment

Burnout beckons for female small business leaders

The big trends for small business finance in 2020

Small businesses urged to build financial resilience for the year ahead

SMEs are more likely to be asked to put personal assets on the line

47% of Finance Brokers report rise in demand for personal guarantees

Purbeck supports FCA’s proposals to regulate small business lending

Don’t let the dream of running your own business become a nightmare

Play it safe with personal guarantees

Half of small businesses have never used business finance

Demand for personal guarantee protection on P2P loans up 40%

Increase in business owners protecting their personal assets

Belt and braces are best when it comes to P2P

Being boss motivates more than money

Should you make a commercial credit application with a personal guarantee?

Personal Guarantee Insurance | Verdict from SME owners [INFOGRAPHIC]

All you need to know about Secured Business Loans

Late payment issues worsen for 27% of SMEs | Government steps in

74% of SMEs would sign a Personal Guarantee if their personal risk was cut

Small business owner legal power against firms that cause them to fail

Mind the gap in protection for SME finance

Making Personal Guarantees more palatable

Half of small business owners put their homes and savings on the line

Solicitors advised 'mind the gap' as need for SME finance advice grows

Personal Guarantees and what they mean for SME Directors

SMEs prepare to ride the Brexit storm by shoring up their finances

More than 1 in 4 SMEs plan to raise finance to stay afloat

No deal Brexit & Business Loans | SMEs urged: Protect personal assets

Top facts SMEs need to check before signing a loan personal guarantee

When financing your firm gets personal

Holiday? What Holiday?

As bad debt burden worsens for businesses Purbeck offers SME survival tips

How to finance a business: expectations vs reality

Trampoline Park gets firm support from Personal Guarantee Insurer

4 ways to finance a business

How we can help

Gamechanging financial support package announced for UK SME exporters

Government support for small businesses

How to pick the right financing to start a small business

The 5 best tips on how to obtain financing for a small business

How Personal Guarantee Insurance can support SME access to finance

Is a personal guarantee the best way to secure finance for your business?

What are the best financing options for your business

The key different sources of finance for a business

Guide - How to protect yourself while growing your business

Unpredictable weather: Business owners urged to take cover from impact

5 reasons to partner with Purbeck

As bad debt burden worsens for businesses, Purbeck offers SME survival tips

Solving Personal Guarantee's image problem

The calculated risks worth taking when growing your business

The impact of Personal Guarantee Insurance in 2019

Regulatory reform as an enabler – the Insurance Distribution Directive

A no-deal Brexit - Time to consider Personal Guarantee Insurance

Purbeck Insurance partners with FSB Insurance Service

How Personal Guarantee Insurance from Purbeck works

65% of large firms take 30 days or more to pay small businesses

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