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Element Establishes Strategic U.S. Vendor Platform with Acquisition of CoActiv Capital Partners – and – Announces $100 Million Equity Financing To Fund the Transaction and Related Growth
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Financing Experts Posted Advice Online for Buying and Selling a Business or Franchise
I attended a webinar a few weeks ago called "Best Practices in Buying and Selling a Business with a Focus on Financing." It explored the availability of transactional financing to buy or sell a small business. BoeFly.com, an online matchmaking site that pairs borrowers with lenders presented the webinar. Mike Rozman, BoeFly's co-president moderated the panel with expertise in buying and selling small businesses, financing, appraising and brokering existing franchises. To start the event, Rozman introduced Beth Solomon, vice president of the International Franchise Association. "The IFA and BoeFly have a strategic alliance in which we're working together to offer tools and solutions, good advice, counsel, information that our members can use to advance in franchising, especially on the financing side," she said. -
Tasti D-Lite CEO Jim Amos: It’s Time for Small Businesses to Stand Up and Demand Attention from Government
Regulation and new laws are choking businesses, which must speak out. Businesses have had a tough time since the economic meltdown of 2008. We have been hit from so many different directions simultaneously and rapidly that we have focused on simple survival. Washington needs to take steps to help small businesses grow the economy. In the meantime, in response to the economic crisis, the federal government has imposed a raft of new regulations and laws on business owners that, however well-meaning, have served to further strangle small business investment and add red tape to the process of running a business. -
TD Bank heats up small business lending
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New Lending Model to Accelerate Small Business Loans to Franchise Sector
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Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) shown above with Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)
Rep. Graves: Small business credit is key to improving economy
In a June 13 CNBC Guest Blog post, Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), cited recent testimony of IFA Credit Access Committee Chairman and Board Member William G. Hall, CFE and Lynn Ozer, Executive Vice President of Susquehanna Bank in Pottstown, PA. Graves remains “particularly focused on ways to increase small company access to capital and bridge the gap between lenders and borrowers.” Read the post and view the testimony.
Restaurant Finance & Development Conference coming soon
Franchise Times and Restaurant Finance Monitor will present the 23rd annual Restaurant Finance & Development Conference, to be held November 7-9, 2011 at The Wynn in Las Vegas. The event brings together senior executives of multi-unit restaurant companies, both franchisees and franchisors, with representatives of banks, lending companies, private equity, venture capital and more. IFA will be joining the conference as an exhibitor this year, continuing their efforts to work on behalf of the franchise community to loosen up credit for franchise businesses.
