Business Banking
Small businesses struggle to deliver environmental change
A quarter of small businesses are giving a higher priority to environmental considerations this year, in spite of the current economic pressures, according to research by Abbey and Alliance & Leicester Business Banking.
NatWest and RBS provide help for Cumbrian flood victims
NatWest and RBS have announced a package of help for customers impacted by the flooding in Cumbria.
Lloyds sets out help available to flood hit homes and businesses
Lloyds Banking Group has set out a series of commitments for flood hit businesses and homeowners.
Barclays Local Business responds to flood crisis
Responding to the implications of the recent flooding across areas of the UK, Barclays Local Business has today announced that it will be offering a financial support package to all of its affected business banking customers.
Working week gets longer for small business owners
Small business owners are working longer hours in the face of the current economic downturn, according to research by Abbey and Alliance & Leicester Business Banking.
Businesses looking at borrowing needs as confidence returns
With three quarters of businesses confident about their prospects in the next six months, new research from Santander Corporate Banking has found that one in seven UK businesses (15%) are looking to increase their borrowing as business confidence begins to pick up.
Lloyds TSB launches service to protect SMEs against bad debt
Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance has launched a service to help SMEs guard against bad debts, as insolvencies are forecast to reach record highs.
British businesses bear late payment burden of £30bn
A million plus small and medium sized British businesses have now been hit by late payments – and collectively, they’re owed a staggering £30.4 billion, according to Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs), the organisation behind Direct Debit and Bacs Direct Credit.
Santander Corporate Banking launches new fixed term bonds
Santander Corporate Banking has launched two new fixed term deposit accounts aimed at businesses with a turnover above £1 million. The six and nine month bonds offer market leading interest rates of up to 2.20 per cent gross pa/AER and are available from Monday 14 September.
Abbey and A&L Business Banking launch new fixed rate bonds
Abbey and Alliance & Leicester Business Banking have launched new fixed rate bonds, aimed at businesses with a turnover of up to £1 million.
Almost half of small businesses poised to expand
Small businesses are poised for growth despite the recession, with 49 per cent planning to expand in the next 12 months, according to research from the Barclays Have Your Say survey of local businesses.
International trade passport to growth, says HSBC
10 businesses (38 per cent) in the UK that are contemplating international trade see it as crucial to their overall survival, according to a new report from HSBC Commercial Banking.
FSB warns against banks holding small business monopoly
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is challenging a monopoly of power being built up by high street banks over small firms seeking finance, two years after the credit crunch started.
Abbey’s small business 6% bank account offer ends soon
Abbey Business Bank's market leading 6 per cent bank account offer, which is available to small businesses with a turnover of up to £1 million, will only be available for another three weeks - offer ends 31 August 2009.
Abbey Business launches new fixed rate bonds
Due to the popularity of the Abbey Business fixed rate bonds launched in June, the bank has today launched two new bonds, available to businesses with a turnover of up to £1 million.