Exploring Debt Finance: Unlocking SME Growth
06/11/2025 | 9:30am - 12:00pm
Event Location: Shout Network,
Event Address: Unit 1, Edward VII Quay, 2 Navigation Way, Ashton-on-ribble, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 2YF

Event Description
Are you a business owner in Lancashire with ambition for growth?
Have you considered how business loans and other forms of debt finance could help you achieve your goals and maximise growth and success.
This interactive workshop will showcase the support and debt options available to Lancashire businesses
and how best to prepare for a funding application.
Exploring Debt Finance: Unlocking SME Growth
Topics covered:
- The changing face of the lending landscape
- Different types of debt finance demystified
- Preparation for a funding application
- Sources of debt finance – Hear directly from local lenders
- Case Study – Hear a business growth story and learn from a local business
This workshop is for existing businesses who want to improve their understanding of external finance to develop and grow their business.
Conference Room, Shout Network, Unit 1, Edward VII Quay, Navigation Way, Preston PR2 2YF
Criteria to attend:
- Be part of an established business based in Lancashire
- Be actively involved in the company’s business planning and fundraising process
- Be seeking finance
AGENDA
9:30am |
Arrival & Registration |
9.45am |
Welcome |
9.50am |
Setting the scene with Mark Gibbons (Rosebud) and Delyth Edwards (British Business Bank) |
10:00am
|
Introduction to debt finance |
10:15am
|
How to assess financial needs |
10:30am
|
Steps to prepare your funding application |
10.15am
|
Highlighting the sources of debt finance available in Lancashire |
11:00am |
Case Study - A business growth story |
11:45am |
Q&A |
12.00pm |
Lunch |
This event is organised by Rosebud Academy and supported by the British Business Bank.

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