Autumn Internationals: around the world with Funding Circle borrowers

Rugby fans of the world unite. It’s a long time since a school boy with “a fine disregard for the rules of football” picked up the ball and ran, and the global game is as exciting as ever. Now the Autumn Internationals are in full swing (low, sweet chariot….) we’ve made a list of 4 Funding Circle borrowers to celebrate the coming together of rugby playing nations from around the world. Thanks to investors like you these businesses have been able to grow and prosper.

Eat authentic Argentinian in London

Established in 2007, Buenos Aires has 5 steakhouses in London and the South East which represent Argentina with ‘passion and pride.’ The restaurant serves traditional Argentine cuisine, including meat straight from Las Pampas cooked on an authentic barbecue. They borrowed £80,000 back in 2014 to open a new site in Richmond. Everything you need to be fighting fit to watch a Pumas game!

Taste the Orient in Newcastle

Save the airfare and sample hundreds of Japanese dishes at St Sushi in Newcastle City Centre. Dishes range from soup noodles to bento boxes and everything in between. The toon’s favourite sushi spot opened in 2006, and recently borrowed £106,000 to refurbish. Healthy and delicious, it’s tastier than a Japanese World Cup run.

Indulge in an Italian in Windsor

The Quagliozzi family  have been serving fresh and delicious dishes from their native Naples since 2009. They now have 4 restaurants for you to choose from including Viva L’Italia and the Italian Steakhouse. Book a table and talk tactics with your nearest and dearest while enjoying some superb spaghetti. More than 800 investors, like you, have helped the family business open a new Italian supermarket too!

Stock up on South African Sauvignon Blanc

According to the Cambridge Wine Merchants, who borrowed over £200,000 to expand, white wines from South Africa are fast overtaking reds in terms of international respect. Stock up on wines to watch the Springboks this Autumn from one of their 7 shops in Cambridgeshire or buy online. Started in 1993, they’ve won ‘Merchant of the Year’ at the International Wine Challenge (the world’s biggest wine competition) and three times been voted the UK’s No. 1 Independent Drinks Retailer. If you’re South African, maybe get an extra bottle to help forget the defeat to Ireland.

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