BUNDLE: Business Resilience
Tools & Resources
UK businesses of all shapes and sizes are feeling the impact of multiple cost increases at the moment. So, we have pulled together a collection of resources to help companies make it through to the other side.
Click below for a selection of articles, tools and resources to make it easier for you to thrive in difficult times.
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WATCH | Get Working Capital: Making it easier to keep your business moving
Learn how to unlock working capital options to maintain cash flow, streamline operations, and avoid financial bottlenecks that can hinder business performance.
Episode three in a series of webinars designed to make it easier for business owners looking for practical growth solutions to gain an understanding of what funding options are available, how they work and how to access the resources needed to achieve their business goals.
In this episode, Dean Whitlie, Associate Director for SME Invoice Finance Sales at Lloyds, explains how your business could leverage working capital to keep your business operating.
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Prepare for a New Tax Year - Blu Sky - UMi Makes it Easy
Learn about recent tax changes and how to use your new tax allowances to get the most benefit with UMi Makes it Easy... to Prepare for a New Tax Year, hosted by Steven Robinson & Adrian O’Connell from Blu Sky.
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How to retain staff without hurting your bottom line
As people continue to feel with pinch of increasing costs and squeezed household budgets, they may look to their employer to seek support. Stuart Clark, Managing Director of Russell and Russell, has some cost saving tips for companies looking to help their employees.
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Get Funding - business grants, finance and investment
Finding the right finance solution to help your business operate and grow can be complex and time-consuming. Get Funding makes it easier for you and your business to find what your eligible for and secure more favourable rates and terms from more than 400 grant schemes, 180 finance providers and a UK wide investment network—so you can focus on ensuring your business survives and thrives.
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Using your cash flow statement for decision-making
In challenging times, keeping a close eye on your cash flow is more important than ever. But it can also be a useful tool for assessing options - plugging in figures for loans, rising costs and new sales targets are all great ways to use your cash flow statement for decision-making.
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Energy efficiency savings for your business
With staff costs and energy cost cap increases presenting significant challenges for businesses in the 2025/26 tax year, it's worth considering where you can reduce and conserve the energy you use. While we can't do anything about the prices, small changes to behaviours and considering some investments in your premises can pay off long-term.
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Carbon Planner By Natwest
Carbon Planner is free and could support you to become a more sustainable and climate conscious organisation and help you to identify potential cost and carbon savings too. Use it to measure your carbon footprint by answering a few questions, get tailored actions and start building a plan to reduce your emissions.
Find out more.
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Top cost saving tips for your business
One of the leading causes of business failure is cash flow mismanagement and in the current economic climate, it is more important than ever to manage your money effectively. In this article, we highlight some cost saving tips for your business so you can improve your cash position without compromising operational delivery.
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Business development on a shoestring
When money is tight and with costs rising, business owners are looking to increase sales or win more business. Not the easiest task, when everyone's belt is tightening at the same time, which is why we have devised some low-cost tips to help you.
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UMi Cost of Trading Crisis campaign resources
At the height of the Cost of Trading Crisis in 2022, UMi ran a campaign to support business leaders to boost their resilience and weather the challenges. The steps remain the same, whatever the cause of business headwinds.
Sat Nav subscribers can access the on-demand Cost of Trading Crisis Webinar Series and resources for building a resilience action plan.
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Winning more customers
With rising costs, top of mind for many businesses is winning more customers to balance the books.
Whether you’re just starting out or have been in business for a while, these effective marketing strategies are explained in an easy-to-understand webinar designed to help you and your business learn and grow, sharing the five top ways to optimise your marketing to attract more customers.
Exclusively for Sat Nav subscribers, Claud Kelley, Head of Marketing at UMi, shares his top tips on how to take your marketing to the next level.
Claud will share insights gained through real-world experience and knowledge of industry best practice, which when applied to your own business, will help to take your business further by optimising marketing strategies.