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Small Businesses Face CBILS Shock as Lenders Come Calling

Posted by Todd Davison on Jun 16, 2021 11:24:13 AM

June 2021: As many businesses face the financial impact of four more weeks before pandemic restrictions lift, small business owners who have become personal guarantors for CBILS loans over £250,000 are being warned that lenders will come to them first, if they default on the loan – not the Government.

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Topics: #personalguarantee, #Directors, #CBILS

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

Posted by Todd Davison on May 10, 2021 2:36:07 PM

Credit cards and overdrafts prove to be lifelines for SMEs in Pandemic

 

  • -> 54% of SMEs need to secure new finance in 2021, of these, 54% will apply for a loan through the Recovery Loan Scheme
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  • -> 34% think the Government hasn’t done enough to support small businesses
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  • -> 43% saw a fall of more than 25% in business income in 2020


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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial guarantee, #commercial finance, #bankruptcy

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

Posted by Todd Davison on Apr 8, 2021 11:01:33 AM

Funding through Personal Guarantee backed loans could be only option.

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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial guarantee, #commercial finance, #bankruptcy

How to make sure you can secure business finance

Posted by Todd Davison on Mar 18, 2021 11:30:49 AM

Borrowing hit record levels in 2020 with almost half of the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses seeking out financial support – more than three times the level of the previous year – amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Topics: #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance

Small businesses urged to heed the warning signs of insolvency

Posted by Todd Davison on Mar 15, 2021 2:16:02 PM

Interest on average Personal Guarantee backed loan through CBILS could reach £327,000.

The Office of Budget Responsibility has predicted a default rate of 40.4% on BBL and CBIL finance to SMEs, with £27.2 billion of loans expected to be written off[i].  Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance, provider of the UK’s only Personal Guarantee Insurance to SME business owners and directors, is urging the 59%[ii] of businesses revealed to have borrowed more than 20% of their turnover, to calculate their repayments and heed the insolvency warning signs.

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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial guarantee, #commercial finance, #bankruptcy

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

Posted by Todd Davison on Feb 4, 2021 12:28:25 PM
    • CBILS loans worth £1.22bn revealed to have Personal Guarantee attached, average loan 300% more than UK house value at £766,000:

    • -> Freedom of Information request exposes high personal risk to SME owners
    • -> Average loan value £766,000
    • SME business owners could be on the hook for over £150,000 if their business fails
    • -> 39% of SMEs not aware of Personal Guarantee risks[i]
    • -> Concerns over size of loan repayments and awareness of personal guarantee risks
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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial finance, #bankruptcy

Government Urged to Delay New Insolvency Rules

Posted by Todd Davison on Nov 16, 2020 3:00:00 PM
  • Small business owners facing failure also face increased risk of losing their home.

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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial finance, #bankruptcy

Last chance saloon for CBILS

Posted by Todd Davison on Nov 16, 2020 10:20:40 AM
  • The value of personal guarantee backed business loans to SMEs during the pandemic has risen on average by 45% according to analysis by Purbeck Insurance Services, provider of the UK’s only Personal Guarantee Insurance.

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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial finance, #bankruptcy

Director responsibilities during insolvency

Posted by Todd Davison on Oct 23, 2020 10:22:41 AM

No company director wants to have to face up to the prospect of their business becoming insolvent. But directors have a duty to act in a certain way, in accordance with the relevant legislation, should their company find itself in a position where it can no longer pay its debts.

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Topics: #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #Directors, Insurance

Loan pull back impact on late payment

Posted by Todd Davison on Oct 6, 2020 10:01:29 AM
    1. Applications for Personal Guarantee Insurance double[i] in September 2020 as lenders pull back from emergency loans

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Topics: #pgi, #personalguarantee, #personalguaranteeinsurance, #commercial finance

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