Newsletter - February Edition 2015                 No Images? Click here
 

BCRS Business Loans has recently celebrated another year on year growth period and is gearing up to increase its lending to businesses across the West Midlands by over 30%.

BCRS have witnessed an ever growing demand for access to finance and is all about providing the SME business talent with the support it needs. We now plan to lend over £6 million in 2015  by providing loans ranging between £10,000 to £150,000 as we continue to demonstrate our commitment to business growth and the non-bank lending market as a whole.
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HLS look forward to a healthy start in 2015

A Cannock-based business that provides services to Doctors throughout the country has seen a healthy start to operations, thanks to the help they received from the Staffordshire Business Loan Fund.

Healthcare Licensing Support Ltd, established in 2014, received a loan from the fund which was specifically created to help Staffordshire based businesses that are unable to obtain finance from mainstream lenders. The loan they received was required to help with the purchase of new equipment along with the expansion of the organisation. The company provides appraisal, revalidation and Responsible Officer services to practising Doctors.

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In 2014, BCRS generated an extra £60 million for the Midlands economy through the impact of business loans to SME’s by creating over 400 jobs and safeguarding over 1,000.

Moreover, in the 13 years since BCRS was established, loans totalling £21.5 million have been issued to local businesses and over 3800 jobs have been created or secured in the Midlands.

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BCRS running club

BCRS are keen to ensure that employees maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and, as a result, have established a running club that starts 1pm on Monday and Thursday every week.

We will keep you up to date with our running successes. So far - we are happy to report - so good!

21km and counting!

 
 

#Follow @B_C_R_S on @Twitter

Here at BCRS, we are always trying to keep everyone informed about what we're up to - whether that be events we are attending, friendly messages from the office, press releases or informative loan literature. In January we ran our #GetToKnowUs Twitter campaign which aimed to familiarise our followers with each member of the BCRS team.

February's Twitter campaign is called #MakingADifference, which will showcase statistics on how BCRS has helped businesses and the local economy.     

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Highest January attendance ever for BCDC event

The BCRS-run Black Country Diners' Club (BCDC), which is held on a quarterly basis throughout the year, achieved its highest January attendance ever.

The event proved to be incredibly popular, with one guest commenting that the event provided "an excellent lunch, great speaker and superb networking".

The event opened with a bustling networking session allowing guests to interact; followed by a two-course meal, an inspiring motivational talk by Cat Williams and ending on a prize draw for a signed copy of Cat's book.

The next BCDC event is taking place on Tuesday 28th April, so please join us to spend an afternoon with business people from the Black Country and beyond.

Come and have a chat with a member of the BCRS team at one of the following events:

12 Feb: Love Business East Midlands - Donington Park, International Exhibition Centre

27 Feb: Chamber Expo Networking Event - National Motorcycle Museum

27 Feb: Leamington Business Show - Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

12 Mar: Think Local for Business - Drayton Manor, Tamworth, Staffs

17 Mar: The Big Expo - The Copthorne Hotel, Dudley