Why Successful SMEs Use a Credit Facility to Boost Business Funding
If you’re like most businesses, January’s an especially tough month. We know running a business is never easy. But our data shows us the first month of the year comes with a unique, and trying, set of circumstances. Early results from our “What’s it like to be a SME...
How Fast Business Finance Helps SMEs During Load Shedding
A year ago, Ockert Cameron sat down and planned the annual budget for his business, Raw Food for Pets. What he didn’t know then was that the crippling power cuts that spread through the country last year would send his costs ballooning. “It’s my financial year-end in...
The Winner of Lulalend’s Friends in Funding Competition is Announced
The Lulalend Friends in Funding competition for South African SMEs has announced its winner. Imraan Moos, the owner of online retailer Your Essentials, was this week revealed as the winner of our Friends in Funding, R500 000 competition. Now, Moos has an extra half a...
How Refinancing Can Help Consolidate Your Business Debt
Do you want to take control of your finances at the start of the new year? Like most businesses, you might be returning to normal operations after a quiet period in December. Maybe you’re looking for small business funding to pay your suppliers now, while business...
2020 goals you can set for your business
If you’re set on making 2020 the year that your business soars to new heights, we are so with you. For some of you that could mean a real focus on growth, setting more ambitious targets and increasing your customer base. For others it may mean making operational...
Business High Five: 5 characteristics of a healthy business
Starting a business is tough enough, but making the right choices in the journey to achieving sustainability, profitability and growth can be equally, if not more, challenging. Our Chief Risk Officer Garth Rossiter, shares five characteristics which indicate that an...
We’ve launched a load shedding task force
We're going the extra mile to ensure small businesses have instant financial assistance to survive load shedding. Our “SME Load shedding Task Force” has been set up to prioritise applications and provide an almost instant response to businesses in crisis due to load...
