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Small businesses resort to Crowdfunding to stave off pandemic pinch

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Posted By sme-admin on December 22, 2021 Finance, News

SMEs in the UK are turning to crowdfunding to fuel growth out of the pandemic, finds new research.

According to a survey of UK business leaders from law firm Moore Barlow, SMEs are more likely to choose non-traditional ways of accessing capital such as crowdfunding (32 per cent) or offering investment opportunities to employees (30 per cent), than they are to seek debt finance (26 per cent), initiate a management buy-out (26 per cent), or seek venture capital or private equity investment (28 per cent).

All but one of the 250 c-suite executives and business owners polled said they intend to access some form of external investment in the next 12 months, with investing in innovation to develop new products and services (14 per cent) and margin growth through improving pricing (12 per cent) being the two most commonly cited primary growth strategies.

At the other end of the scale, buy-and-build (9 per cent) and driving UK expansion (6 per cent) were the least popular strategies for delivering growth.

Jeremy Over, partner in the corporate team at Moore Barlow, said: “SMEs are still ambitious despite the negative impact of the pandemic on many. The shift away from traditional forms of investment is for a number of reasons – firms want to be agile and are concerned about the bureaucracy involved with borrowing from the bank, or fear a tougher negotiation and loss of independence when taking venture capital or private equity backing.

“While crowdfunding does offer an antidote to some of these concerns, I would urge business leaders to take a step back, consult their advisors, and really think about whether this is the right option for them. The established mechanisms for accessing funding have stood the test of time for a reason and, even if they are sometimes harder to put in place, normally offer a better-structured and more resilient long-term option than faster ways of accessing capital.”

Less than a third of the business leaders questioned (31 per cent) plan to invest in their business across the next 12 months order to drive future growth. Of those businesses, investment in people to upskill the workforce (32 per cent), improving employee benefits (29 per cent), driving graduate recruitment (28 per cent) and rethinking (29 per cent) or expanding (29 per cent) office space were the clear spending priorities.

Jeremy added: “The real positive I take from our research is that businesses are looking to put their money where it matters – their offering to customers and their people. As they tackle the strong economic headwinds lying ahead, it’s vital for SMEs to have the right legal and financial structures in place to protect these important assets.”

About the research:

On behalf of Moore Barlow, specialist research agency Censuswide conducted a survey of 250 UK adults, all of which hold a c-suite-level position, earn £200k or more a year and have capital assets worth at least £2m. The survey asked respondents to answer questions about their personal wealth and family status.

 For more information, please visit www.moorebarlow.com. 

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