Manufacturing Magazine February 2018 | Page 26

PEOPLE AND SKILLS

IT ’ S NO SECRET that small and medium-sized businesses in the UK struggle to access the financial support they need to grow . The traditional relationship between banks and SMEs is one that has failed to evolve over the last few decades . But the lending landscape is changing rapidly with more viable , attractive alternatives available . At the forefront of this lending revolution is Growth Street .
Started three years ago by Greg Carter , Growth Street ’ s mission is quite simple : to provide SMEs with the flexible financial products they need to help them grow and develop . “ I led the founding team at Growth Street three years ago but I ’ m not actually a banker . I started my career at Betfair , the innovative online betting company . I looked at taking
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