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We have been shortlisted for Bridging Broker of the year 2026. We can also help clients with funding for Management Buyouts and Management Buy Ins.
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In addition we can help with Working Capital, Commercial Mortgages, business loans, Invoice Finance and Asset Finance. Shadowfax Funding Solutions help businesses find the right funding to enable business owners and directors achieve their goals. With 20 years of working in and around financial services, we are well placed to offer impartial advice. Headed up by Andy Bissett we have access to over 150 lenders in all fields of business funding including but not limited to Commercial Mortgages, Invoice Finance and Asset Based lending, Asset Finance, Development Finance and Trade Finance. If you need funding in your business, please get in touch.

30/10/2026

Everyone has been working hard behind the scenes, progressing deals, speaking to lenders, working through funding options and generally trying to get things done.

And then there was the small matter of the Budget thrown into the mix…

By complete coincidence, Andy found himself in London on Budget Day, catching up with contacts and lenders.

Excellent planning, obviously 😂

It was actually a pretty interesting day to be in the capital. Plenty of conversations about business, funding and what might lie ahead, although as ever, most business owners are less interested in the Westminster noise and more interested in getting on with running their businesses.

Meanwhile, there’s good news from Yorkshire.

Steve is much better this week and has been back out seeing people and customers. So normal service is gradually being resumed, although we’re still investigating reports that Steve has voluntarily travelled beyond Sheffield. 😂

It hasn’t been the most glamorous week... Lots of emails. Lots of calls. Lots of funding proposals.

But sometimes the best weeks are the ones where everyone simply gets their heads down and gets things done.

And this has definitely been one of those.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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27/10/2026

Need a flexible business overdraft backed by property? At Shadowfax Funding Solutions, we specialise in helping businesses secure overdrafts from £100,000 to £500,000+, using second-charge residential or commercial property as collateral.

Whether you’re a start-up in need of working capital, or a growing company looking to boost liquidity, we structure overdrafts that work for you — not the other way around.

Check out our latest article on Secured Business Overdrafts and explore more: https://bit.ly/4nfXSlp

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23/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Steve has discovered an entirely new way of avoiding Leeds.

It’s been a long-running theory at Shadowfax that Steve will do almost anything to avoid leaving his beloved Sheffield.

This week, he may have taken things slightly too far.

Despite feeling under the weather, Steve had a busy diary lined up with meetings in such far-flung destinations as Rotherham, Barnsley and, brace yourselves…

Leeds.

Then came the message nobody expected: Steve was in casualty.

Obviously, the banter stopped for a moment and the first priority was making sure Steve was OK and being properly looked after.

Then the Shadowfax emergency response plan kicked in:
✅ Clients looked after
✅ Meetings covered
✅ Deals kept moving
✅ Steve told to concentrate on getting better
✅ Andy continued with his considerably more important networking commitments.

It’s a sophisticated operation. And despite the drama, there’s actually been plenty happening on the work front.

This week, has involved commercial funding, refinancing, property finance, invoice finance and cashflow requirements, alongside plenty of conversations with lenders about where some of the less straightforward deals might fit.

Meanwhile, both Steve and Andy had been invited to Phoebe Sellars' first networking event at Flight Club in Leeds.

Sadly, Steve couldn’t make it.

Andy somehow managed to battle through without him. 🎯And apparently everyone else had forgotten how darts worked, because Andy somehow finished with the most wins.

A fantastic first event from Phoebe and Russ at TAB. Great people, great venue and really well hosted.

Hopefully Steve is back to full strength very soon.

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20/10/2026

Bridging Finance? Let's do the math's!.. 💷📱

Need a clearer picture of your bridging finance options? We've made it easier than ever with our handy online Bridging Finance Calculator!

Whether you're purchasing a property, renovating or looking for short-term funding, our calculator can help you estimate:

✅ Your potential borrowing facility
✅ Associated costs and deductions
✅ Your day-one advance
✅ Your estimated redemption figure

Quick, simple and available at your fingertips! Take the guesswork out of bridging finance and get a clearer understanding of the numbers before taking the next step.

👉 Give it a try today: https://bit.ly/3VEwGEU

Figures are estimates and subject to individual circumstances and lending criteria.

16/10/2026

Last weekend, Andy & Ali took the kids to Alton Towers where it is their annual Scarefest.

After a few rollercoasters, haunted houses and hearing strangers scream for several hours, Andy thought he'd experienced most of the ups and downs business could throw at you.

Then Monday arrived.

After the delights of Harrogate lunches, networking events and a bit of golf last week, this week has been very much a head down and crack on with it kind of week.

No glamorous photos. No golf. No long lunches.

Just funding enquiries, lender conversations, client meetings, paperwork and enough emails to make Outlook question its life choices.

One theme that continues to crop up is something that feels quite fitting for the Halloween season: loan stacking.

Unfortunately, we're seeing more businesses who have been offered a quick funding fix, then another, then another, until what started as a solution becomes something much scarier.

The real trick is often hidden in the small print.

The treat comes when we can help clients simplify things, reduce the pressure on cashflow and find a route back to a more sustainable funding structure.

There have still been some bright spots during the week. A particular mention goes to Ross Pellatt of Wilkins Chimney Sweep Yorkshire, who delivered an excellent 10-minute presentation at TRUST Networking this week. Always interesting hearing the story behind a successful local business and the journey that's got them there.

As for the rest of the week, it's been one of those where progress doesn't necessarily make for great social media photos, but plenty has been happening behind the scenes.

Sometimes business feels a bit like a rollercoaster.

The important thing is making sure you've got the right people sitting next to you when the drops arrive.

Have a great weekend when it gets here.

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13/10/2026

Three years ago, you implemented invoice finance. It solved an immediate problem – gave you breathing room when payment terms stretched to 60 days and growth required working capital you didn’t have sitting in the bank.

It worked. Still does, technically.

But here’s the conversation most brokers won’t have with you: the facility that made sense at £3 million turnover rarely makes sense at £8 million. The product appropriate for a business chasing payment often isn’t appropriate for a business with established client relationships and internal credit control. And the terms you accepted when you desperately needed funding aren’t the terms you’d negotiate today from a position of strength.

Most businesses don’t realise they can – or should – review their invoice finance arrangements. They assume switching is complicated, that loyalty matters, or that “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” applies to financial facilities the same way it applies to operational systems.

It doesn’t.

Find why along with full details in our blog 'The Refinance Conversation No One’s Having: When Your Existing Invoice Finance Facility Stops Working': https://bit.ly/4AM1Lq8

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09/10/2026

Another week, another reminder that business is still all about people.

At TRUST Networking, a familiar face took centre stage for the 10-minute presentation. It was great to see Jason Baskind of WPA back in the room following his return.

Speaking of familiar faces, Andy bumped into old school friend Peter Bentinck at Ware & Kay Solicitors networking event at Wetherby Town Hall. It’s always amazing how small the Yorkshire business community can feel at times.

However, messages came thick and fast into Shadowfax HQ on Thursday…

Steve had been spotted networking not once, but twice in Leeds.

That’s right. Mr Sheffield made it to Leeds. Whatever next?!

Steve enjoyed The Property Catalyst Club before heading on to the Barclays drinks event at Flight Club, proving he really had ventured beyond the city limits.

Andy will see many of you today at the Harrogate Business Lunch, looking forward to good company and some excellent conversations with Charlotte Jackson & Lindsay Crooks from Lloyds.

And before anyone asks Andy today…

Yes, Steve made it safely back to Sheffield.

Have a great weekend everyone.

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06/10/2026

You’ve just filled the tank on one of your HGVs. £1.93 per litre for diesel. That’s nearly £400 more expensive per vehicle per week than it was in February.

The real problem isn’t the price itself – it’s the timing. You’re absorbing that £300-per-week increase immediately, every time a vehicle leaves the depot. But the contract you signed with your major client six months ago? Fixed pricing. Net 60-day payment terms. And they’re not interested in discussing fuel surcharges until the next quarterly review – which is still eight weeks away.

You’re not alone. According to the Road Haulage Association, only one in ten haulage operators can fully pass fuel cost increases to their customers. The other 90% are absorbing the difference, at least temporarily. For a business operating on 2% margins where fuel already represents a third of your costs, “temporarily” can break you.

Check out 'Why Your Haulage Business Can’t Wait 60 Days Anymore: The £300-a-Week Problem' in our recent blog: https://bit.ly/4xPVZkz

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02/10/2026

This week saw a mix of client meetings, funding discussions, lender research, relationship building and networking across Yorkshire. There was plenty of time spent helping businesses explore solutions to cash flow challenges, growth ambitions and refinancing opportunities, whilst continuing to strengthen the network of funding partners available to support SMEs.

At TRUST Networking a small but mighty band of businesses had great discussions around the table. Andy's particular highlight from it was a fantastic ten-minute LinkedIn workshop from Rachel at Black Door Social. Short, practical and packed with useful takeaways, it was a great reminder that sometimes the simplest ideas can have the biggest impact.

The week also included work on re-engaging former contacts and businesses, updating lender information and reviewing opportunities that may have slipped off the radar. As always, some of the most interesting opportunities come from conversations that started months, or even years, ago.

There was also time for another networking event with fellow professionals from Leeds wishing Justine Stalker and her team at Claritas Tax a happy second birthday.

As the week draws to a close, Andy is swapping lender calls, funding proposals and credit papers for walking boots and sore legs, taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge today with Andy Horsfield and Andrew Woolhouse.

Hopefully the weather is kind, the blisters stay away, and the only uphill struggles this weekend involve Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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29/09/2026

We’ve just come back from the NACFB Broker Awards where Shadowfax was shortlisted for Bridging Finance Broker of the Year. Didn’t win, but I’m genuinely proud of the shortlisting – it reflects the work we’ve done helping businesses and investors navigate what’s often misunderstood as “expensive panic funding.”

That phrase comes up a lot. Bridging finance as the last resort when everything else has failed. Which misses the point entirely.

The businesses we work with use bridging finance strategically – not because they’ve run out of options, but because they’ve recognised a situation where speed creates more value than the cost of borrowing removes. That’s not desperation. That’s arithmetic. Read full details, here: https://bit.ly/4yfcbNo

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