Business Bank Accounts

The Business Bank Accounts archive for UK SMEs.

News

London businesses holding the most cash in savings accounts

Small companies in the capital are soaring ahead of their regional counterparts by holding more than half a million pounds in business savings accounts, research finds.

News

Small businesses move away from banks towards other finance means

Small and medium-sized companies continue to shun traditional banking products and are looking towards alternative financial providers, their supply chain or dipping into their own personal funds to finance future growth, research finds.

Small Business Banking

How your business can take advantage of the Current Account Switch Service

It isn't just personal current account customers who can take advantage of the free Current Account Switch Service to swap between banks - small businesses up and down the country can make the most of the service, too, if they want to move to another current account provider.

Small Business Banking

Why a small business should consider moving to a challenger bank

Susie Taylor, founder of Susie Taylor Communications, discusses why she took up business banking with Metro Bank.

Advice

LIBOR manipulation and small businesses

David Webster and Mary Hodgson of law firm Russell-Cooke discuss the considerations SMEs should make in relation to LIBOR and banks.

News

Small businesses dissatisfied with their bank as complaints rise

The number of official complaints made by small companies about loans and overdrafts has risen by 17 per cent in the last year, rising from 522 to 612, research finds.

Small Business Banking

Why banks are not providing the right service for small businesses

James King, founder of venture capital firm Find Invest Grow (FIG), discusses the role of banks should play and why it needs to be easier to withdraw money from investments.

Small Business Banking

Business banking, finding premises, registering a company – what order?

Opening a business bank account requires a business address, renting a unit involves giving bank account details and registering as a company also needs an address. I can't work out what to do first!

Small Business Banking

How the Business Bank will help small companies

Rory Earley, CEO of Capital for Enterprise, breaks down the concept of the Business Bank and what small businesses can expect from such an institution.

Small Business Banking