Finance is a perennial challenge for small businesses. Lacking the capital reserves and revenue streams of their larger corporate counterparts, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are always working a fine line between maintaining positive and negative cash flow. And it can take very little disruption to push them over the edge into insolvency.
The massive disruption to revenues and operations caused by Covid-19 is starving SMEs of cash and putting the existence of many SMEs under threat.
The biggest challenge for SMEs during Covid-19 is being able to access finance to provide the working capital that will keep their businesses afloat.
The third webinar in the Gulf Capital SME Awards Insights Live series provides expert insights on how SMEs can access finance and manage cash flow through the crisis and beyond.
Join Accessing Finance from 13:00-14:30 hours (GST, one-hour broadcast plus half-hour live Q&A with panellists) on Tuesday 28 July to discuss strategies and actions that can help SMEs access finance.
Key discussion points:
> What are the biggest financial challenges facing SMEs in the region
> What support measures have been introduced by governments
> What steps can SMEs take to access finance
> Banking and finance tips for SMEs and startups
> Investor engagement and access to capital
> How to make your company investment ready
> Raising equity and finding investors
Panellists:
• Omar Rifai, Managing Director, Gulf Capital
• Peter Tavener, CFO & COO, Beehive UAE
• Hamda Khalil, Director: Credit & Underwritings Department - The Fund, Dubai SME
Moderator:
• Richard Thompson, Editorial Director, MEED
