Cash, Capital & Control: Funding Growth the Smart Way (Bolton)
Cash is king, funding is more selective, and investors want stronger evidence of traction and discipline. This session helps Greater Manchester businesses navigate the current finance landscape, whether you’re planning growth, managing risk, or exploring investment.
We’ll cover the options on the table and what funders are really looking for: improving cashflow and forecasting, preparing for lending conversations, investor-ready storytelling, and choosing the right finance route for your stage. You’ll hear practical guidance on strengthening your numbers, understanding deal expectations, and avoiding common mistakes that slow decisions down. Leave with a clearer view of what “fundable” looks like right now and how to get there.
About the Speakers:
Emma is a Partner at Alexander & Co, specialising in audit and accountancy services for owner-managed businesses. She brings a deep understanding of business operations, financial controls and valuation. Emma supports clients, especially start-ups and growth enterprises, in managing their accounting and audit needs while planning for future growth.
Emma qualified with Alexander & Co in 2002 and has since worked closely with owner-managed businesses, advising them on audit and accountancy. Emma has built her career within Alexander & Co, progressing from trainee through senior manager to partner. She focuses on audit and assurance engagements for smaller and mid-sized owner-managed businesses and supports start-ups with practical accounting and financial planning guidance.
As the Founder & Director of Boo Coaching & Consulting, I lead a multi-award-winning coaching and learning consultancy with a global vision. My work is centered around empowering leaders, transforming workplace cultures, and embedding coaching at the heart of organizations.
With a background as a mental health nurse and a deep commitment to wellbeing, social impact, and good employment, I have spent my career designing and delivering practical, high-impact coaching strategies that have changed the way individuals and businesses thrive.
What I Do Best
✔ Coaching Development & Leadership – I design and deliver cutting-edge CPD, qualifications, and coaching supervision that elevate coaching professionals and leaders.
✔ Wellbeing & Culture Transformation – I champion happier, healthier workplaces by embedding coaching mindsets, wellbeing strategies, and inclusive leadership practices.
✔ Social Impact & Good Employment – I’m an advocate for Living Wage, social value, and ethical leadership, ensuring businesses contribute meaningfully to their communities.
Founder of Amarillo Accounting — a full-service accountancy firm dedicated to supporting business growth. Through a tech-driven, big-picture approach, our team of specialists go far beyond accurate accounts and timely tax returns to deliver insights that inspire action. From the bottom line to whatever you may have in the pipeline, it is our mission to help give you the control and the time you need to focus on what matters — growing your business profitably.
I have been employed in the financial services industry for 45 years including 29 years at HSBC in their Commercial, Corporate and Invoice Finance divisions. I have also worked for independent financial institutions, a specialist trade finance bank and run my own company. Since 2014, I have worked for GC Business Finance, currently as a Fund Manager delivering the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II to SMEs based in the North West of England.
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“I enjoy providing businesses with the funding that they need to help them grow, particularly when they have been unable to obtain these funds from the commercial finance sector. “
Jeremy Cole, partner, has more than 21 years of corporate finance experience, working with successful businesses. Jeremy trained as a Chartered Accountant with Spicer & Oppenheim (now Deloitte & Touche) before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1989, in Manchester. He spent 3 years working in PWC’s Silicon Valley office in San Jose, California, in the mid 1990’s, working closely with entrepreneurial technology and life science companies and venture capital funds.
He joined North West accountants Hurst & Company as a partner in 1997 to set up a corporate finance division, which he ran successfully until 2001, when he was approached by independent corporate finance firm TMG to join them as a partner.
In July 2002 Jeremy decided to establish his own corporate finance firm and set up Cole Associates.
Jeremy specialises in management buy-outs and buy-ins, corporate acquisitions and disposals, raising finance and due diligence. Jeremy invests a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm into each client’s transaction and enjoys a close working relationship with clients.
Interested In The Event?
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