Funding your growth
Scaling a business requires investment. Whether you're expanding premises, hiring staff, or developing new products, understanding your funding options is critical to sustainable growth.
Access growth funding
Explore grants, loans, and investment options to fuel expansion.
Building your team
Growing beyond what you can manage alone means hiring employees. This brings legal obligations around PAYE, workplace pensions, contracts, and employment rights - but also the capacity to scale faster.
Hire your first employees
Ready to build a team? Understand your employer obligations.
Expanding operations
Physical expansion - new premises, warehouses, or retail locations - requires careful planning around leases, planning permission, and business rates. Protecting your intellectual property becomes increasingly important as your brand grows.
Expand to new premises
Considerations for moving to larger or additional locations.
Protect your intellectual property
Register trademarks, patents, and designs as you grow.
Export internationally
Start selling abroad - understand export requirements and opportunities.
Managing growth finances
Rapid growth often strains cash flow - invoices come due before customers pay, stock needs purchasing upfront, and staff costs are immediate. Poor cash management is the leading cause of growing business failure.
Improve cash flow management (opens in a new tab)
Cash flow issues are the #1 reason growing businesses fail.
Get professional advice (opens in a new tab)
Consider hiring accountants, lawyers, and business advisors.
Understand R&D tax credits
Claim tax relief on innovation and research costs.
Register for VAT
As you grow, you'll likely exceed the £90,000 VAT threshold.