You have a senior manager who is deemed to be a “prescribed officer” – in other words a senior employee deemed by the Companies Act to have the duties, responsibilities and liabilities of a director.

You discuss with him that your company needs a sizeable loan. He tells you his wife raises loans for businesses and gets excellent interest rates and terms. You tell him to see what sort of loan his wife can find for the business. A couple of weeks later you are signing for the loan you wanted. The interest rate is reasonable and it is for more than the amount of finance your business requires. You are happy.