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    Whether you’re thinking of starting your own business, setting up a social enterprise or looking to expand and develop an existing business our loans are designed to help you achieve that commercial goal.
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Our role is to understand what your business needs are, and then offer assistance along with experience that can help you to achieve these needs.

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Whether you’re thinking of starting your own business, setting up a social enterprise or looking to expand and develop an existing business our loans are designed to help you achieve that commercial goal...

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Business Finance in Cumbria
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Our impartial, confidential advice can provide a wide range of support that can assist you in a variety of different ways from business planning  and administration through to finance applications...

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2012 Loan Application for Sole Traders and Partnerships

2012 Loan Application for Limited Companies

Application pack for Incubator Loan

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Finding it difficult to raise capital to grow or start your business? 
Do you need business advice or assistance? 
Perhaps we can help.

Since 2005, we have been assisting businesses across the length and breadth of Cumbria, under our previous name of CART, providing them with the finance they need to achieve their aspirations for growth and development.

Now, we can offer more than just finance. Through a range of support and advisory services to meet the needs of your business we could help you to achieve your aspirations.

Talk to us today about where you want your business to be tomorrow.

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Enterprise Answers reaches out to Cumbrian companies, with help from ITV
Enterprise Answers reaches out to Cumbrian companies, with help from ITV ... Read More...
April, 2013
£1.8 million available to Cumbrian businesses
In 2011 Enterprise Answers who are Cumbria’s only Community Development Finance Institution ... Read More...
February, 2013
Loan Fund Manager steps down after helping Cumbrian inventor realise his dream
Enterprise Answers are saving a fond farewell to Loan Funds Manager John Towns, who has been a ... Read More...
December, 2012
New Loan Fund Manager offers additional support to small businesses
We are delighted to announce that we have recruited a new Loan Fund Manager to work with new, small ... Read More...
August, 2012
Cumbrian Locksmith receives funding to help business grow
Nick Balcombe who runs a mobile locksmith business, Monument Locksmiths based in Penrith, has ... Read More...
July, 2012
Impact of Cumbrian business funder gets national recognition
Enterprise Answers has been recognised by Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Business and ... Read More...
August, 2010
Enterprise Answers secures £1.8m Regional Growth Funding for Cumbria
Enterprise Answers has secured £1.8m from the Regional Growth Fund to assist businesses across the ... Read More...
April, 2010
Loans approved for Cumbrian businesses pass the £2 million mark
Enterprise Answers has now approved loans to Cumbrian businesses worth just over £2 million. ... Read More...
March, 2010
CDFA successful in its bid for a £60m Regional Growth Fund package
The Community Development Finance Association (cdfa) has been awarded £60 million in funding under ... Read More...
February, 2010
Cumbrian lender helps growing businesses
Enterprise Answers has been accredited by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to ... Read More...
January, 2010
Loan to Barrow business takes Enterprise Answers past £1 million
Enterprise Answers has made a loan to Corporate Care Furness Limited, a domiciliary care provider ... Read More...
July, 2009
May, 2013
Is your relationship what you think it is?
Perhaps the best piece of business advice I heard growing up from a well-respected entrepreneur in my area is that there are two areas in business that you should never scrimp; one is having a good ... Read More
March, 2013
Revolutionise your accounting records with Xero
I am frequently asked "how should I keep my accounting records?" The historic answer would have been "have you heard of Sage?" but with boom in cloud software there has been ... Read More
February, 2013
Marketing? Where on earth do I start?
Marketing can be a pretty daunting task for most businesses. Where do you start? How do you know what to do? How do you know if it’s going to work? There are so many elements of marketing ... Read More
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The Office
Mardale Road 
Penrith 
Cumbria 
CA11 9EH

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