Any business – large or small – is likely to need to borrow money to acquire new assets, manage temporary cashflow problems, secure additional working capital or to expand the enterprise.

The Entrepreneur Handbook – in its updated version of the 5^th of July 2018 – describes the conventional process typically involved in requesting a business loan.

A bridging loan is a loan used to bridge the financial gap.

It is a flexible way of organizing short-term funding. It is quick to arrange and is used typically during the purchasing and selling of properties or during refurbishment work.

In short, a bridge loan is a loan taken out against the current property to finance the purchase of a new property.

If your credit score is low and you’re looking for your next car on finance, you would probably think you would get declined straight away. In some cases, you would be correct. Loan companies see people with bad credit as more of a risk, this is because they have probably had problems repaying debts in the past. However, getting car finance with bad credit isn’t necessarily impossible!

The importance of waste management in any sector is as clear as daylight, but sometimes eager entrepreneurs fail to consider its importance when setting up their own businesses. In conjunction with Reconomy, which is a leader in offering a range of skip sizes across the United Kingdom, we take a closer look at how different businesses in different industries dispose of their waste as well the cost implications taking into to account the whole UK.

The key to success in any business is focussing on the core business activity which generates profits while operational costs should be minimised. Effective waste management is one way of reducing unnecessary costs. The implications thereof would entail working with a waste management company that will go on to create a more reliable and bespoke collection routine which better meets your business needs, after drawing up a profile of your business to calculate the amount of waste your company generates.

How much waste was produced by different industries in the UK (2014)?

Commercial – 15.1 million tonnes

Industrial – 12.6 million tonnes

Construction, demolition and excavation – 120.4 million tonnes (over 60% of the UK’s total waste)

Mining, agriculture, forestry and fishing – 26.9 million tonnes (in 2016)

202.8 million tonnes of total waste was produced in 2014, which makes for a 4.6% increase from 2012.

Here’s a breakdown of the waste produced by sector, including food waste as well as how much this is costing them as an industry in the UK:

The Restaurant and Pub Sector

The UK food industry produces 915,400 tonnes of waste each year, including 199,100 tonnes of food waste alone, while the pub industry’s total waste amounts to 873,000 tonnes per year, of which 173,000 is food waste.

Annual food waste management costs in these sectors amounts to £3,500 per tonne.

The Hotel Sector

The hotel sector’s annual expenditure on food waste comes up to £318 million, amounting to 79,000 of the 289,000 tonnes of total waste produced.

The Healthcare Sector

121,000 out of the 170,300 tonnes of waste produced by the health sector is food waste, costing £230 million to manage each year. 7% of all the waste in this sector is recycled.

Tackling Food Waste

Businesses can reduce their waste through better management of their core business operations that contribute to food waste, like cutting down restaurant menu sizes in line with customer consumption patterns, reducing portion sizes, buying food only as required, and donating unconsumed food to shelters and charities.

Government Action

As part of the British government’s aim to become a zero-waste economy, it has issued responsibilities to businesses to keep their waste to a minimum, sort their waste and store it correctly, and complete waste transfer notes when the waste leaves the premises.

Only certified waste carriers should be used, which are then to be reported to Crimestoppers if they dispose of your waste illegally and in a way that can damage the environment.

Naturally waste will still exist, but the aim is to deploy all resources possible to ensure we get full value out of all the products we use.

Setting up your own business is a big decision to make, so if you’re brave enough to take the plunge and set out on your own then you want to know you’re doing the best you possibly can. Unfortunately, many small businesses don’t manage to stand the test of time, so in order to ensure that your business is one of the ones which does last, it’s important to understand the potential challenges you might face. These are the hurdles a lot of small business owners have to get over in order to find success.

Gift-giving makes for a positive reinforcement agent of the social experience, making for a tradition that largely stemmed from our natural instinct as a species to express our gratitude, appreciation, love, compassion and friendship. It’s a great way though which all of this can be achieved in line with the complex nature of our minds and associated emotions and the likes, so there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it.

The insurance that is best for one static homeowner might not necessarily be the best for another.

Individual situations can be very different from one static to another.  Generalisations about the insurance cover can be risky!