A SEMINAR helping to guide small and medium-sized business owners through alternative finance options will be held in York next month.

Helping with "where to go when the bank says no" will be Mark Grewer, from chartered accountants and business consultants Hunter Gee Holroyd, and Kirsty McGregor, from the Corporate Finance Network, which provides owner-managed and small and medium-sized enterprises with practical business advice.

The purpose of the event, on July 14 from 8am to 9.30am at Middlethorpe Hall, is to provide attendees with information about crowdfunding, what it is, how it works and how it could work for their business.

The seminar will also include information on other alternative finance options, and may be of particular interest to those businesses who have sought mainstream finance but been unsuccessful.

It will look at potential sources of funding for your business, simple things you can do to improve your cash flow, debt financing options, crowdfunding, BE Fund and asset finance.

There will also be the chance to learn from case studies and the option to discuss business requirements in a free consultation with a professional advisor.

Ms McGregor will share her tips for crowdfunding success, with case studies of successful projects and some unsuccessful ones.

She will also explain how she led the world’s largest crowdfunding campaign for 103 affected businesses in the Calder Valley following the Boxing Day floods.

The event costs £20 plus VAT and includes breakfast.