BT Business announced
that it launched a finance scheme offering start-ups the chance to lease up to
£15,000 worth of technology and telecommunications solutions.

 

Under the
‘Kick Start Scheme’, in conjunction with Shire Leasing, new businesses trading
for under three years will be eligible for funding subject to credit vetting.

 

BT’s
‘KickStart Scheme’, available through BT Local Business, aims to help small
businesses raise funds in a challenging economic climate and to avoid having to
rely on bank loans, overdrafts or credit cards.    

 

‘KickStart’
offers start-ups the opportunity to purchase a range of technology and
communications products and services including business telephone systems,
business mobiles, handsets, connection charges, software licences and IT
equipment such as laptops, as well as small business IT support.

 

The scheme is
open to all industry types and has very flexible underwriting, aimed at
delivering higher acceptance levels for new-start companies. An average £3,000
loan will cost less than £20 per week and can be added to as the business
grows.

 

“The UK
has an average of 270,000 start-up businesses every year. In light of the
current economic climate we want to help these businesses access the products
and services they need to get their new venture up and running. Our ‘KickStart
Scheme’ offers finance over a fixed term, at a fixed rate, making it easier for
customers to budget,” said Declan McGlone, general manager of BT Finance,
BT Business.

 

BT and
Heineken recently announced their partnership
to extend the wireless internet service to an additional 200 pubs across the UK
by the end of 2012.  

 

Through
Wi-Fi, customers can access a special area of the internet, the Heineken Hub,
for which the UK’s newest newspaper, i, the quality daily and sister paper to
The Independent, is supplying exclusive content.

 

By
Telecomlead.com Team
[email protected]