APSCo Insight with HSBC: Agnostic overview of banking and capital solutions for the recruitment sector

APSCo Insight with HSBC: Agnostic overview of banking and capital solutions for the recruitment sector

11:00am - 12:00pm, 4 September 2025
(Europe/London)

Event Details

APSCo Insight

Thursday 4th of September

11:00am-12:00pm

Webinar

Kindly sponsored by

Key Takeaways

  • What are the options available for raising bank funding for your business?
  • Update and outlook for the UK debt markets
  • Key steps you should take before engaging with your bank around raising bank funding to maximise the success of your transaction

Meeting Agenda

Many times we see good, bankable propositions being presented in a manner may prolong the process of raising finance. HSBC will be providing a bank agnostic overview in terms of banking and capital solutions for the recruitment sector and straightforward, simple ideas on how best to present your business to a bank when seeking to raise finance. We will then explore the key funding options that are prevalent across the sector and provide a brief guide on how best each is utilised to benefit your business within a wider funding structure across both short term and longer term funding structures.

 

This will cover:

 

  • Working capital funding 
    • An overview of funding options to support working capital
    • Understand your working capital cycle and cash dynamics
    • The importance of your cash cycle

  • Leveraging your assets to access funding
    • Using your key balance sheet assets to support self-liquidating funding structures
    • An overview of how these type of products typically operate and function
    • How this can fit as part of a wider funding structure

  • Treasury policy
    • Understand the importance of having a Treasury policy to assess and control counter party risk exposure with Financial Institutions
    • Ensure that where you have exposure to Foreign Currencies, the tools used to hedge FX exposure our understand, approved and controlled at a board level
    • Using interest rate hedging to manage risk

  • Growth debt funding
    • Overview of the debt market
    • Funding structures to support long term funding needs
    • Key terms and features in the market

  • Ideas and suggestions on presenting your business
    • How to appreciate credit highlights of your business
    • Understanding and presenting a Bank Case forecast – what you want to be achieving
    • Building relationships across your bank

 

The session will provide you with the tools and ideas to enable you to engage with Banks, leverage your banking relationship and support your engagement with finance professionals.

Speakers

Rob Brand
Rob Brand

HSBC, Head of Business Services

Rob is the HSBC UK national Sector Head of Business Services, providing insights and coverage for the Recruitment sector, providing funding for acquisition financing, capital projects, international expansion, IPOs as well as general banking solutions. Rob has worked in banking for over 21 years.

Ben Whitlock
Ben Whitlock

HSBC, London Regional Director

Ben has over 25 years experience supporting UK Businesses with their working capital needs. Leading a team of 8, Ben’s team provide Trade Finance, Receivables Finance and Asset Based Lending solutions to help businesses to mitigate the risks of trading domestically and internationally, whilst ensuring that they have the liquidity to grow and prosper.
HSBC has a significant portfolio of existing clients operating across the Recruitment sector, ranging from start-up businesses to established companies exposed to international markets.

Matt Cunningham
Matt Cunningham

HSBC, Director, Debt Finance Origination

Matt is a Director in HSBC UK’s Debt Finance Origination team. He specialises in structuring, originating, and executing financings for HSBC's corporate clients. His primary goal is to support businesses accelerate their growth strategies by structuring and securing tailored capital solutions. Matt has worked in the HSBC UK, Debt Finance Origination team for the last 8 years and throughout that time has provided businesses with access to £5bn+ of committed capital. 

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