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Name all sources of finance

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Overdraft, f&f loans,bank loans,trade credit, new share issue,selling assets,owners funds, retained profit,debt factoring,debenturing, hire purchase, mortgag ,venture capital, crowd funding

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Describe debt factoring and name + and -?

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Selling your debt to others businesses
+ Allows businesses to get the cash at that instant to solve their own liquidity crisis.
- Missing out on full value of that debt

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Describe Overdraft and name + and -?

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Spend even when they have run out of money due to extension on bank account funds.
+Allows businesses to continue purchasing the assets that they need to produce even when they don’t have the cash to do so
+Acts as a safety net for most businesses
- You have to pay to have an overdraft (high interest)

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Describe Retained profit and name + and -?

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Businesses uses some of the previous years profit to spend on growth and advancement.
+You don’t have to pay any interest on the sum
- That is money being taken away from the shareholders

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Debenturing

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Bringing new owners into the organisation in return for a stake in the business.
+ Brings you large sums of money
+ Some shareholders joining the organisation will bring new industry knowledge,expertise,contacts in the industry.
- Losing control of the business

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Bank loans

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+Can raise significant amounts of capital
+ Business can schedule regular repayments and plan for the future
- They must pay back the original sum borrowed but with interest on top

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Mortgage

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Loan from the bank to buy property or land.
+ Regular monthly repayment that is on a fixed rate of interest
+ interest payments are tax deductible
- You will likely need to raise a substantial amount for a deposit on the property

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Friends and family loans

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Loan from your friends or family

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Venture capital

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Encouraging other entrepreneurs (known as business angels) to invest in the business in return for a share of the business or lend the organisation cash if the bank refuses to do so
+ Business gains new industry knowledge,expertise,contacts in the industry.
- If capital is borrowed they will charge high interest as you are considered more of a risk

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Trade credit

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You get something but don’t have to pay for it until later
+ Can get what you want when you need it
- can be charged interest

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New share issue

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Selling shares to raise capital
+ can raise substantial amounts
- lose control of the business

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Owners funds

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Using the owners personal cash for expansion and growth
+ No interest and long term financial benefits for the owner
- Not guaranteed to make that cash back

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Hire purchase

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Renting a product and paying in instalments
+ Has regular repayments that can be planned for
- Can be charged interest

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Government grant

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When the government lends money to a business for a specific reason
+ Reliable source of finance, don’t have to pay it back
- Can take a long time to get, normally given to smaller businesses

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Crowdfunding

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+Often feedback and expert guidance

-need a lot of interest in the business and good reputation needed