Guide to accessing bank finance
How to persuade banks to finance your business
Managing business finance and ensuring your business has sufficient funds is challenging at the best of times. In the current economic climate these challenges are even more difficult.
With this in mind, the government, in partnership with lenders and business representative bodies, has published a new guide to help you improve your ability to raise business finance. The guide to accessing bank finance - Opens in a new window contains practical information and resources including guidance on:
- criteria banks and other lenders use to make their decisions on lending applications
- practical steps to persuade a bank to invest in your business
- other help banks can give your business
- useful contacts
Download the guide to accessing bank finance (PDF, 733K) - Opens in a new window
More resources to help you access bank finance
We also have a range of resources in our business banking and borrowing sections within our Finance and grants theme that can help you raise bank finance for your business.
Specific guides and tools can advise you how to:
- choose and run a business account
- transfer business accounts between banks
- successfully apply for loans and overdrafts
- find commercial mortgages and lenders
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