Meet our Member – Aston Commercial Finance
This article provides a welcome introduction and overview of that networking group Member – Jamie Bridson Aston Commercial Finance. Aston Commercial Finance is a specialist SME finance broker with a large number of products available through our panel of funders. This allows us to achieve market-leading rates for Business Loans, Equipment Finance, Refinance and Business Vehicle Finance, Invoice Finance, Stock funding, Commercial property finance, EIS, SEIS, VC funding and Tax solutions.
Who are Aston Commercial Finance?
Aston Finance was established by co-founders Jamie Bridson and Martin Catton, and specializes in providing SMEs with tailored finance solutions that can help support growth plans and provide the financial flexibility needed to take advantage of business opportunities.
Based in Buckingham, the team at Aston Commercial Finance have access to a large panel of lenders ranging from traditional high street to alternative finance. Aston Commercial Finance are independent and not tied to a panel of lenders, which enables them to look at the whole UK market without restriction to source the best rates, financial services, and products for business requirements.
What do Aston Commercial Finance do?
Aston Commercial Finance help to provide several different types of business finance for clients to choose from, helping business to:
Overcome Cashflow challenges
Purchase Machinery and equipment
Increase stock levels
Buy vehicles
Fund new contracts
Spread VAT costs
Purchase property
Property development
Debt consolidation
Equity investment
Tax solutions
Aston Commercial Finance services include:
Invoice Finance
Invoice Finance helps businesses to get paid up to 80-95% of an invoice value by a lender the same day the invoice is raised, enabling businesses to fund operational costs through a finance facility, as well as overcome issues caused by customer late payments.
Unsecured Finance
Unsecured loans provide businesses access to capital needed to grow without putting assets or property at risk. These loans can be ideal for businesses that are looking for an injection of cash.
Secured Loans
Secured business loans allow UK businesses to access capital using UK property owned by the directors or the business as collateral to raise additional finance.
Merchant Cash Advance
Merchant cash advance is designed for UK businesses that accept credit and debit card payments. It provides an upfront cash advance which can repaid through a percentage of future card sales.
VAT Loans
VAT loans provide a solution for UK businesses with the financial means to pay their VAT bill. These loans are suitable for businesses looking to spread the cost of their VAT over a longer period to maintain cash reserves for operational costs.
Stock and Trade Facilities
Stock and Trade finance help UK businesses manage cash flow at the front end by providing the capital to purchase inventory and raw materials up to an arranged limit.
Commercial Mortgages
Commercial mortgages are used for the purchase or refinance of commercial property. Commercial mortgages are typically used by businesses that need to acquire new property or looking to release equity from an existing property.
Property Development / Bridging Finance
Development finance can help property developers finance the construction of projects, including new builds, conversions or refurbishments.
About Jamie Bridson of Aston Commercial Finance
Jamie is a 22-year-old director of Aston commercial finance and has worked in financial services for the last 4 years in both the insurance and commercial finance industry, he has a keen understanding of business and loves to meet and learn about new and existing businesses across all sectors.
In his spare time you’ll catch him seeing live music, running, motor racing and snowboarding (or working!).
What do you most enjoy about business networking?
The parts of networking I enjoy most are meeting other local businesses I ordinarily wouldn’t cross paths with. This not only increases my local network it also gives myself and Aston the opportunity to engage with the local business community in a relaxed face to face environment and to explore potential strategic partnerships to help one another grow.
Why did Aston Commercial Finance join that networking group?
Being a new business Aston Identified that networking group as a strong local network with multiple businesses and visitors in we can work with both directly and in assisting their customers. This coupled with the fact that it’s a more relaxed approach to networking were referrals aren’t ‘forced’ lead to some genuine introductions that have lead to business coming into us from the first meeting.
How do we contact Aston Commercial Finance?
If you would like to contact Aston Commercial Finance to talk more about their services, you can contact Jamie directly on Jamie.bridson@astoncf.co.uk / 07951 002 553 or via their website - https://www.astoncf.co.uk