You know your business is different. The owners are individuals, with different ideals, hopes and fears. Because of this, the way we treat our clients is also different.

Do not expect us to be form-filling and ticking boxes. Everything we do is designed to achieve your objective.

Here are some examples of how we have helped clients whether the need is for funding, management change, rescue or revival.

If you have a credible proposition, Mercantile will be able to help.

		Beware the too friendly investor Sometimes things really are too good to be true. This was the case for a home-counties logistics company whose directors were looking for £250K to alleviate financial stress. But the immediate solution - an apparently helpful offer of investment - was not as good as it first appeared. more...
		Dreams can't run a business on their own Dreams can't run a business however you can run the business of your dreams - but you'll only succeed if you pay more attention to commercial realities, than to your heart's desires. more...
		When you don't fit your bank's expectations... Banks don't always recognise great opportunities in quite the same way that entrepreneurs do. So when the rigid approach of mainstream finance is limiting your ambitions, it pays to look further afield. more...
		Persistence pays off For a company with a 15-year history of struggling to get by and never quite fulfiling the owners' expectations, the old adage "If at first you don't succeed..." seemed to have run its course - but never underestimate the strength of ambition. more...
		Combining to grow An ambitious group of assorted companies discovered strength and success lay in a unified way forward - and that the whole was far greater than the sum of its parts. more...
		Starting over: Turning crisis into growth Take a XVI century farmhouse with a spacious yard and dilapidated but distinguished outhouses, close to a major urban conurbation and the motorway system, an innovative planning committee, a friendly banker, and a dedicated couple investing their life's savings. more...
		In Search of an Angel When exciting growth and the need to expand were viewed by the bank as dangerous over-trading, an alternative source of funding was urgently needed. more...