Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at TSB talks through the different options on raising money for your small business

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Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at TSB talks through the different options on raising money for your small business.

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Funding options for small businesses

Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at TSB demystifys the different funding options available to a small business owner.

Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at TSB talks through the different options on raising money for your small business.



I'm a <a href='http://www.danmartinuk.com'>freelance content creator and event host</a> who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I have 18 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from billionaires like Sir Richard Branson to the founders behind brand new start-ups. I've worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company's blog and social media. I'm based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community and have strong connections to major business organisations in the south west region. In total, I've hosted over 50 events; from intimate meet-ups to conferences with an audience of hundreds including events for international brands like Facebook and Xero. I'm also a big fan of podcasts having hosted Enterprise Nation's Small Business Sessions as well as lots of online events including Facebook Live interviews, webinars and three live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street. With my partner, I co-run Lifestyle District, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

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As Enterprise Nation's small business community manager, my role is to guide our members through every stage of their user journey, developing and improving their experience within the Enterprise Nation community, and arming them with the knowledge and resources they need to start and grow their business.&nbsp;&nbsp;

I have over 20 years of experience working in customer and B2B support. Having also managed a small business for many years, I understand the struggles that they face am passionate about helping them grow. I love to hear member success stories, particularly those in the food and drink sector.&nbsp;

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&lt;p&gt;Julie’s background is working with large financial corporates like KPMG and HSBC, and quasi-regulators like the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, implementing people, process and technology change across quarter million user bases and 140 countries.&amp;nbsp; She has developed and led Global Innovation Programmes which included building cutting edge chatbots and using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With extensive experience on the ‘buy’ side when it comes to startups and other technology suppliers, she has the inside track on what large corporates are looking for and now brings that knowledge to bear in her work with startups.&amp;nbsp; Across a 20 year span, she has built successful visions and strategies for Boards and Executive Committees in Financial Services, and delivered the business transformation needed to realise them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a result, she&amp;nbsp; has spoken at Global Partner Conferences about business strategy, secured over £15m in investment from boards and had programmes she’s led shortlisted for the UK IT Industry Awards.&amp;nbsp; ?With a Law degree from Kent, Julie also has deep experience and multiple certifications across both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.&amp;nbsp; In addition, she is a Certified Knowledge Manager and Certified Google Cloud Professional.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Julie is also the Author of the #1 best-selling book&amp;nbsp;'InvestorReady' The guide to getting Investors to say yes, which has been shortlisted as a Finalist for the Business Book Awards 2021 in the Startups category&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;AD:VENTURE provides fully funded support to start&amp;nbsp;ups across the Leeds City Region.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We can help businesses:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Pre Start or Trading less than 3 Years&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Who have ambitions to grow&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Who trade primariliy business to business, or looking to increase current B2B offering&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Based in Leeds City Region area&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We offer:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
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Funding options for small businesses

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