By Philip Hargreaves, Access to Finance
02 Apr 2020
I’m often asked how Access to Finance helps SME owners in Lancashire who are looking for funding and finance to grow their businesses.
In a nutshell, we help business owners to identify and access private and public sector funding aimed at promoting growth.
To do this we concentrate on two key areas:
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