Join us on our growth journey
BFS is one of Ireland's largest independent SME funders, offering flexible, tailored finance solutions to businesses located in Ireland. We are proud to have established strong partnerships with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland and Permanent TSB.
We have a positive culture, a passionate and experienced new business development team, and a product range that enables us to unlock value for you and your clients. With over €1 billion of funding available, as well as the risk appetite and operational support to help Irish SMEs, we're open for business!
If you don't currently have a point of contact at BFS, we'd love to hear from you in Ireland. Find out more about partnering with us and request a call back using the form below.
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Why partner with us?
Our partners receive commission on new client relationships introduced to us. Alongside the commercial advantages of partnering with us, here are some other key benefits.
Relationship-focused
You’ll be assigned a dedicated sales contact who will be in touch regularly, so you’ll know who to call when you’ve got a suitable client.
Experienced
We’re a trusted, professional financial partner funding businesses for four decades. We support more than 9,000 businesses throughout Europe and Asia, in 300 industry sectors.
Meet the team
You’ll be supported by our friendly and approachable team of experienced business development across the island of Ireland.
Our solutions
As well as providing a range of standalone finance solutions, we can also provide your clients with Asset Based Lending (ABL) packages to maximise the support we can make available. Plus, our Bad Debt Protection gives your client peace of mind by protecting their business against the impact of a customer’s insolvency or inability to pay.
Cashflow and working capital
Invoice Discounting
Gives your client more immediate access to cash tied up in unpaid invoices. Your client retains responsibility for credit control.
Factoring
Gives your client more immediate access to cash tied up in unpaid invoices. We handle your client’s credit control.
Cashflow Advance (New Product)
Releases additional funding which, combined with the client’s core Invoice Finance facility, provides up to 100% of their approved sales ledger.
Supporting International trade
Export Finance
Helps exporters better manage overseas relationships, bridging the gap between raising an invoice and getting paid. Our specialist team provide language, currency, time zone and legal support.
Trade Finance
Works alongside Invoice Financing to support your clients through the whole trade cycle, from initial order to customer payment.
A snapshot of our clients
€5 million
We provided our client, a subcontract labour provider in the engineering sector, with a €5 million Recourse Factoring facility to support business expansion and the placement of 350 additional staff across Ireland. With Bad Debt Protection in place, up to 90% of invoice value is safeguarded against the risk of non-payment.
- Industry:
- Engineering
- Solution:
- Factoring with Bad Debt Protection
- Region:
- Kerry
€1.8 million
With our partner PTSB, we provided a Dublin-based client with a €1.8m confidential invoice discounting facility to support a management buyout. The client had recently switched from Ulster Bank following its 2021 exit, and the facility ensured both a smooth transition and ongoing working capital support.
- Industry:
- Air conditioning and maintenance
- Solution:
- Confidential Invoice Discounting
- Region:
- Co. Dublin
€350K
Founded in 1990, our client had built up years of experience and a strong industry reputation. When the opportunity arose to continue their commercial growth through the acquisition of another business, we put in place a 350k facility for them to ensure steady cashflow in their existing business and support their expansion.
- Industry:
- Hospitality refrigeration services
- Solution:
- Confidential Invoice Discounting
- Region:
- North Dublin
€2 million
We provided our client, an award-winning Irish cosmetics brand, with a €2m facility to keep up with explosive wholesale demand and growth of the business, including additional retail outlets. With our partner PTSB, we have helped our client progress with further expansion on a global basis, and at their own pace too.
- Industry:
- Cosmetics manufacture and wholesale
- Solution:
- Confidential Invoice Discounting
- Region:
- Dublin City
€3 million
Our client is in recruitment and works to place staff predominately in healthcare and hospitality. Following a recent MBO, our €3m facility has provided a steady working capital solution, and allowed them to continue placing staff across the country. For added peace of mind, they added Bad Debt Protection across their debtors ledger to protect against debtor insolvency and non-payment.
- Industry:
- Recruitment
- Solution:
- Invoice Discounting
- Region:
- North County Dublin
€250K
We provided our client with a 250k factoring facility to help our client with their working capital requirements following their business growth post Covid-19 and to meet their increased business costs since Brexit. This funding has allowed our client to increase their fleet of vehicles to over 30, and continue providing their specialised transport and haulage services across the UK and Ireland.
- Industry:
- Transport and logistics
- Solution:
- Invoice Factoring
- Region:
- Meath