DECLINED

The Banks Said No. Here’s Where to Find the Money Instead.

Every year, thousands of viable businesses are turned down for funding by high-street banks. Not because they’re bad businesses — but because banks have tightened their criteria to the point where only the safest, most boring, most predictable businesses get through. If you’re innovative, fast-growing, or in any way unconventional — you’re declined.

This book is your map to the other side. Matt Haycox has personally deployed over £1 billion in business funding — almost entirely outside the traditional banking system. In Declined, he reveals every alternative funding source available to UK businesses, how to access them, what they cost, and which ones to avoid.