Mixing with Turkeys
I recorded this morning’s Jumpstart thinking about how the people around you quietly set your standards. If you’ve been feeling like you’re surrounded by the wrong energy, this one might land hard.
When you’re looking for business finance
Here’s something most people won’t say.
Bad business finance decisions are rarely made because someone isn’t clever enough.
They’re usually made because someone is under pressure, short on time, or trying to keep too many plates spinning at once.
Helping companies arrange business finance is my love and passion.
It’s my golf — I genuinely enjoy it.
Through Ringrose Business Finance, I help directors explore and arrange things like invoice finance, short- and long-term business loans, property development finance, secured lending — and often solutions people don’t even realise exist.
I don’t push products.
I don’t rush conversations.
I help people understand what’s available, what it really means, and what it will feel like living with that decision six or twelve months down the line.
If you ever want someone calm, experienced, and genuinely on your side when finance is on the table, I’d love to help and do the very best I can for your business.
Just to be clear — I only work with businesses that use one broker. Either me, or someone else. You wouldn’t use two electricians or two lawyers on the same job, and finance works the same way.
What other directors say
Most of my work comes through long-term relationships and recommendations. Here’s one example:
“Our invoice finance deal is now ten times better than it was before, thanks to Mark Smillie. You really need expert advice for contractual invoice finance and Mark is that expert. I have already recommended Mark to other business directors and will do again.”
— William Fulcher, FMS
(A different client comment can sit here each day.)
If this resonates, please pass it on
If Jumpstart has helped you — even in a small way — please share it with your business friends and fellow company directors.
Not as a favour to me.
But because it supports something that genuinely matters.
Every share helps support Success Without Exams — a project designed to help young people who were written off by exam results, but have real drive, ambition, and fire in their belly.
It’s about showing them:
- That poor exams don’t define a life
- That attitude, effort, and thinking still matter
- That they can go from the mundane to the exceptional
By passing this on, you’re doing more than sharing a video.
You’re helping change how someone sees their future.
A final word
Whether you’re here for a calmer start to the day… or because one day you’ll need help navigating business finance…
You now know how I think. How I work. And what matters to me.
That’s where trust starts.
Jumpstart Your Day with Smillie — practical thinking for directors, backed by real-world experience.