What does it mean to “know” a bank? How brokers and bankers do business together.

At ASC, we’re proud of knowing our lenders. We think we have a right to be – not many brokers have 50 years of experience doing business. So, where some might only know the banks that won’t lend, we know the banks that will. But what exactly does “knowing” a bank mean? How does it...

A Manufactured Issue – Financing Medium Businesses

Here at ASC, we write a lot about the work we do with small businesses. When you work in the SME sector, it’s a reasonable thing to do – 95% of companies in the UK have fewer than 5 staff. However, just because the majority of businesses are small, it doesn’t mean that we should...

Variety is the spice of life – you have more options than you think!

When people think finance, they tend to default to a small, set series of options. Ask your average business owner what they think of as “finance”, and you’ll get one of two answers most of the time – a secured business loan, or a mortgage. It’s easy to see why – they’re the “standard” options...

Leasehold businesses can still find finance. Have a look at our article with Daltons Business to see how.

Funds, safe and sound – Why you need to be sure of Security in Finance

Businesses are, by their nature, volatile creatures. Location, the economy and even the time of the year can serious affect a businesses’ fortunes, and nowhere is this truer than in the SME world. A small business doesn’t have the safety nets that major corporations do, and a turn in the financial winds can easily spell...

Becoming a broker – your path to happiness?

There are a lot of benefits to working with ASC. Our personal approach, our wide network of contacts, our dedicated SME focus – these are just some of the reasons small businesses nationwide use ASC to help achieve their dreams. But there is another side to ASC – our Regional Directors themselves! We’re always on...

The world has changed, but our commitment to SMEs hasn’t

50 years is a long time to be in business. It’s been half a century since Josef Sucharewicz founded ASC in 1969, and in that time, we’ve grown as a business in ways we’d never dreamed. From a one-man band in London to 20 offices nationwide, we’ve helped SMEs find over £1bn of finance in...

Keeping the “Human Touch”

Finance is getting more technical. It’s an undeniable fact. Computing, coding and “Fintech” have meant that over the last 20 years, finance has become less about pen, paper and handshakes, and more about computers, keyboards and algorithms. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing – the rise of computing and automated systems has made finding finance...

Finance Myths Dispelled

We were honoured to recently publish a piece in PMM magazine talking about some of the most common myths about finance we see when helping SMEs with loans. So, if you’re a small business owner and are wondering: Where can you actually get finance from? How do you navigate the complicated finance process? What do...

What does success mean?

We talk a lot about our “successful track record” at ASC. We’re proud of it – we don’t know any other brokers who have been successfully helping SMEs find finance for more than five decades. But what does that success actually mean? How have we actually helped businesses start, grow and thrive through finding them...