While currently only one-in-three entrepreneurs are women, numbers are growing fast. More than 150,000 businesses were started by women in 2022 – twice the number set up four years earlier in 2018, ...

At the start of 2024 there were 5.45 million small businesses (up to 49 employees) operating in the UK, which accounted for three-fifths of all employment. But how do small enterprises like this ...

Lending to new businesses in the South West increased 12% last year. The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme provided more than 1,000 loans to start-ups across the region in 2025, up 6.34 ...

The Small Business Administration said in a policy note that green card holders won’t be allowed to apply for SBA loans, ...

Starting a business can be costly, especially if you require expensive equipment or need to do some hiring in your first year. Fortunately, some lenders offer small business loans that can help you ...

Five years since the first Covid 19 lockdown, data from the Start Up Loans programme, which is part of the Sheffield-headquartered British Business Bank, shows there has been a surge in aspiring ...

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme provided more than 1,000 loans to start ups across the South West in 2025, according to new figures.

Starting a business is hard no matter where you try it. Still, it can help to set up shop someplace where costs — from rent and labor costs to corporate taxes — are lower. If you currently live on ...

Getting a business loan with bad credit is possible but likely to be more difficult than if your business’s credit was good. Here’s all you need to know about bad credit business loans, including ...

Starting March 1, the SBA will no longer guarantee loans for small businesses owned by foreign nationals, including green card holders.

HELOCs offer more flexible repayment periods and competitive interest rates than many other types of business financing. The main disadvantage of HELOCs is that if you default on payments, your lender ...