Small Business Loans

Archive of our articles, guides and updates on commercial or business loans for UK small businesses and start-up companies.

News

How to apply for a business loan in three minutes

NatWest Small Business Loans, which can be completed in three minutes, comes with no arrangement fee and no early repayment fee.

Startup Funding and Grants

Picking the best type of loan for your small business

Here’s what you need to know about all the different loans available to small businesses.

News

SMEs call for faster and more flexible business loan approvals

Small businesses request a faster, more flexible way to apply and receive business loans to cover shortfalls.

Business Loans

What is the true cost to SMEs of business loans?

Alternative lender Fleximize bids to tackle lack of transparency of small business loans with new rate comparison tool.

Business Loans

How to get approved for a small business loan

Here, Peter Tuvey gives a few tips on how a small business owner can get that all-important ‘yes’ from a chosen lender.

Business Loans

A guide to guarantor lending

Here, we look at the unsecured guarantor loan market in the UK, which consists of around 15 lenders in total.

Business Loans

Unsecured loans for small businesses

In this piece, Conrad Ford takes a look at some of the ways small business owners can get hold of unsecured loans.

Small Business Banking

SMEs don’t understand personal guarantee in business loans

There is a fundamental lack of understanding regarding loan conditions from small business owners - specifically personal guarantees, a new study finds.

Business Loans

Can I get a business loan with bad credit?

Conrad Ford explores the options for business funding for those without a squeaky clean credit rating.

Business Loans

Getting a short-term unsecured loan as a small business

Here, in association with Boost Capital, we look at the unsecured loan marketplace and what can be achieved by way of business funding.

Business Loans

How to find the best business loan

Here, Conrad Ford explores everything you need to know about pursuing a loan as a small business.

Business Loans

Commercial loan rates: Hidden fees

Here, we identify four of the most common fees 'hidden' in the small print of a commercial loan agreement that can sting your company in the long run.