Starting your business

Managing your business

Growing your business

International growth

Starting your business

We look at the early stages of your new venture - sharing guidance on planning, setting up, and launching your business.

Financing a start-up?

Secure the finance your business needs to reach its potential.

More on finance options

Business accounts for start-ups

Get an account designed to help small businesses take flight.

Open a start-up business account

Free, on-demand training

With Start-Up, Scale-Up, access learning modules and network with other businesses, all at your own pace and in your own time.

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Managing your business

A selection of guides to help with the day-to-day running of your operation, covering everything from tax to people.

Understanding your borrowing options

Discover the different types of borrowing available to help manage cash flow and fuel growth.

Guide to borrowing options

Managing business costs & uncertainty

Support, guidance and finance options to help you build financial resilience and manage the impact of rising costs.

Manage business costs

Keep your business safe from fraud

Information and training on how to protect your business from fraud effectively.

Fraud guidance

Growing your business

Look to the future and expand your business by investing in operations, increasing sales and finding new markets.

Guide to growing your business

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Sustainable business

Wherever you are on your sustainability journey, you'll find support and guidance to help you reduce your impact on the environment.

Sustainability hub

Growing your business internationally

Expand your business horizons by exploring global opportunities in importing and exporting.

International Trade Portal

A powerful insight platform, with practical support that helps you trade internationally within your chosen market.

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How to make an international payment

Understand what you’ll need, how to decipher international codes and how to make a payment to Europe and beyond.

Guide to making an international payment

Make an international payment

Supporting business across the UK

Discover how to unlock access to finance, tailored resources, and training.

Disabled-owned businesses

Disabled-owned businesses

Get access to mentoring, training resources and insights for disabled entrepreneurs.

Disabled entrepreneurs

Black-owned businesses

Black-owned businesses

Discover tools, finance solutions, communities and networks for Black entrepreneurs.

Black entrepreneurs

Women-owned businesses

Women-owned businesses

Find useful resources, guides and signposting for women founders.

Women entrepreneurs

Be confident in your business decisions with specialist sector support

Find your sector