• Acorn Finance

Who Acorn.finance are

Acorn.finance is a leading commercial finance broker, specialising in finance for the pub sector since 1997.
We use a 6-step system – FUNDED to ensure the finance we arrange for you meets your needs, now and throughout your business life. We have access to more than 330 lenders to get you the funding your business needs.

Commercial mortgages
Pubs need premises and if you want to own your premises instead of renting then you’re going to need a mortgage.  We are experts in arranging mortgages to purchase or refinance your premises.
Business mortgages are different to residential mortgages, when most of us buy a house we’re reliant on our earnings to fund our mortgage payments, and with a pub, it’s all about the business. Therefore we are looking for evidence that the pub is going to be able to pay its mortgage, hopefully, that’s in the form of historic accounts but often we’re looking at projections, other businesses or “fair maintainable trade”.

One of our most important mortgage products for the pub trade, especially during these difficult times, is funding the freehold for a sitting tenant – where a pub company or private tenant has the opportunity to purchase the premises from their landlord. Back in the 1990s we worked with banks to agree to fund 90% + of the purchase price of the property and have been doing it ever since.


Bridging finance

In cases where we can’t prove the ability to repay a commercial mortgage from day one then we have the option to use bridging loans. A bridging loan is to bridge a gap between two positions, in this case purchasing property and being able to refinance it onto a long-term mortgage. We are working with a few bridging lenders who work within the licensed trade.

CBILS

The government set up the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme and Bounce Back Loans Scheme in 2020 to help viable businesses survive the business lockdowns imposed on us since March.  At Acorn.finance, we have been working with the alternative finance market to help those businesses failing to get the funding they need through their own banks.

Other loans and funding

There are a variety of loans and other funding products for business needs from start-up businesses, to business growth, equipment, vehicles or emergency funding. In these situations all too often the big banks are unable to help here. Your Acorn.finance broker is an expert in the funding market and can apply that knowledge to your business needs, getting you the funding you need. If you would like to know more about these services, then please click HERE.

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This page has been published by Pubs Advisory Service Ltd.