{"id":19809,"date":"2022-11-16T11:51:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=19809"},"modified":"2022-11-16T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:51:40","slug":"business-optimism-falls-heres-how-to-weather-the-storm-by-taking-a-proactive-approach-to-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/business-optimism-falls-heres-how-to-weather-the-storm-by-taking-a-proactive-approach-to-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Business optimism falls: Here\u2019s how to weather the storm by taking a proactive approach to your business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/M.T.-Blog-Graphic-12.10.2022-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/M.T.-Blog-Graphic-12.10.2022-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/M.T.-Blog-Graphic-12.10.2022-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/M.T.-Blog-Graphic-12.10.2022-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/M.T.-Blog-Graphic-12.10.2022-3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many reasons to be concerned in light of the current climate and recent research from the CBI shows business optimism has fallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, there are many options for businesses to consider in response to these concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next 12 months, SMEs in the UK are set to expand abroad, particularly into Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many are motivated to achieve this goal by ensuring they have the correct tools to succeed through these challenging times and to remain hopeful about the future of their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important not to let falling confidence become a self-fulfilling prophecy, taking a proactive approach to your business will place you in the best possible position to face difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What can business optimism do for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improve business performance<\/li><li>Grow your company<\/li><li>Help you achieve business goals<\/li><li>Guide you to build long-term goals<\/li><li>Understand the financial plan for your business<\/li><li>Create a business strategy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Business optimism and strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensuring your business has regular funding is important for success. Often, SMEs will need this to overcome cashflow issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acquiring funding helps to pursue growth plans and two out of three businesses need funding to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many ways to optimise funding in your business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Finance expansion \u2013 this is when SMEs reinvest profit as a business strategy<\/li><li>Seek help from Partners<\/li><li>Take out a bank loan<\/li><li>New Trade Partnerships<\/li><li>Establish Channel Partnerships<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lenders and Investments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investment bankers offer SME loans to provide funding for your small business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SMEs can gain access to a range of finance types to fund business needs. There are a variety of lenders, such as established banks and online lenders who can offer small business loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a growing range of opportunities and choices for borrowers including greater speed and transparency of these loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is due to a growing demand for better support for SMEs which means there are plenty of options available for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For advice on related matters, contact us today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons to be concerned in light of the current climate and recent research from the CBI shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/business-optimism-falls-heres-how-to-weather-the-storm-by-taking-a-proactive-approach-to-your-business\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Business optimism falls: Here\u2019s how to weather the storm by taking a proactive approach to your business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-business-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19811,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions\/19811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moorethompson.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}