Finance
British Business Bank
The Finance Hub
Are you looking to grow your business? Understand the finance options for your business with the British Business Bank Finance Hub
Knowing which of the many finance options are suitable for your growing business isn’t always straightforward.
The British Business Bank’s new Finance Hub helps you understand the options available to you. Its interactive finance finder allows you to identify finance for your needs, while the site’s useful content is designed to get your business investor-ready.
So whether you’re looking to acquire another business, open a second location or invest in new equipment or machinery, learn how equity and debt finance could help you grow your business.
British Business Bank
Guide to Managing Business Debt
The British Business Bank has written a guide to provide impartial information to help businesses manage debt, improve cash flow and get set for growth.
Is your business feeling the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic? This guide has been designed to provide information to help businesses through survival and onto recovery, helping you stabilise and move forward to growth and future success, focusing on the following areas:
- Understanding debt finance
- Managing debt
- Improving your cash flow
- Moving from survival to recovery and growth
- Resources for businesses worried about their debt
Let’s Do Business Finance
ACCESS TO BUSINESS FINANCE INCLUDING START-UP AND BUSINESS LOANS
Let’s Do Business finance aims to support businesses across the South East and East of England to start-up, grow and thrive, as well as increasing employment opportunities to grow our local economies.
They are an official delivery partner of The Start-Up Loans Company delivering Start-Up Loans of up to £25,000, and business growth loans from £20,000 to £150,000 with up to a 6-year term.
The FSE Group (Finance East)
Business Loans in the South East
The FSE Group has been providing high-growth businesses with accessible market-gap funding since 2002.
They work with stakeholders and partners, including British Business Bank, Funding London and Local Enterprise Partnerships, to deliver regional funding that supports job creation and economic prosperity.
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
What finance options are available?
Find out about the different debt and equity finance options that may work for your business in two easy steps. Simply confirm the where your business is on its development journey and why you are looking for finance.
As businesses evolve, their finance needs change too. Whether you are just starting out, an established business owner, or a business finance professional, the Business Finance Guide will help you make the best financing decisions for your particular situation.
Use ICAEW’s decision tree to help you identify the funding options that are available to you at every stage of your business journey in two easy steps.
Government Business Finance Support
Finance and support for your business
A full list of schemes available for businesses, as well as information on applying for a Start Up Loan for your business, and finding coronavirus financial support for your business.
No Use Empty South East
The goal of ‘No Use Empty South Essex’ (NUE SE) is to turn between 10 and 15 empty buildings back into occupation across Southend, Basildon, Thurrock, Castle Point, Rochford and Brentwood. This will be achieved by offering interest-free secured loans to owners and developers to support the development of alternative commercial uses, or create mixed-use commercial and residential properties.
Subject to an approval process, which will be managed by Kent County Council, loans are available in multiples of £25,000 up to a maximum value of £175,000, with the maximum loan term being three years.
Loans will be on a first come, first served basis and can be provided as ‘top up’ funding – so if a developer cannot secure all the funding that they need from a bank they can ‘top up’ their bank funding with a loan from NUE SE.