Birmingham Business Loans From £1K To £500K

Everything You Need To Know:

Is Birmingham a good place for business?

Research from Start Up Loans named Birmingham 2017’s ‘most entrepreneurial’ city outside of London. The majority of businesses are microbusinesses, making up 83% of total businesses.

• Small businesses – 14%
• Medium businesses – 3%
• Large businesses – 1%

Birmingham’s employment rate for 2018 stood at 65%, and the average gross salary earnings for Birmingham residents was £28,000 – 2.8% above the national average. Despite this, Birmingham-based businesses have reported that it can be difficult recruiting talent, and although the city has world-renowned universities, it suffers low levels of economic activity and high levels of unemployment.

This is largely down to the overall skills profile within Birmingham. On average, residents are less likely to have high-level qualifications than residents of other major cities in the UK. The West Midlands Industrial Strategy has set out clear priorities to boost the economic productivity and earning power of residents in the West Midlands. In Birmingham, the focus is on:

• Ensuring inclusive access to employment & training;
• Creating a world-class technical education system;
• Increasing STEM skills
• Equipping the population for high-quality jobs

 

Birmingham’s Business Environment

The gross value added growth for Birmingham is largely influenced by the service sector, its three most concentrated industries are:

• Education
• Human Health & Social Work
• Finance & Insurance

With a number of affordable office spaces, Birmingham has a strong startup community and a creative, welcoming business community. Fin-techs can benefit from Birmingham’s financial districts Brindleyplace and Colmore Row.

Great Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP Hub)

Publicly funded, the GBSLEP Hu’s aim is to ’enable businesses to get the right advice at the right time so they can grow and be successful’. Businesses can access resources tailored to their sector, receive expert advice and speak to their advisors using their hotline 0800 032 3488.

 

Business Birmingham – West Midlands Growth Company

’Business Birmingham understands that establishing a presence in a new city or expanding your existing operations requires expertise and support across a whole range of business needs’

With a range of business support brochures, Business Birmingham have a range of expertise and advice readily available for growing SMEs.

Is Your Business Eligible for a business funding?

For businesses in Birmingham, our requirements for application are:

• For businesses interested in a business loan: a minimum monthly turnover of £5,000
• For businesses interested in a merchant cash advance: minimum monthly average card sales of £5,000
• Actively trading for 6 months
• Business owner / director is over the age of 18

 

How to apply for a Birmingham business loan 

Step 1:

Complete our online application form. As well as being asked for your personal information, we will also ask some basic details to verify your business. Please expect to disclose:

• The amount you want to borrow
• Average monthly card sales
• Name of your business
• Number of years trading

 

Step 2:

Within hours of submitting your application form you will be matched by us to the most suitable lender for your business, and you will receive the lender’s full terms of agreement regarding your business loan.

 

Step 3:

Once you have carefully read through the lender’s terms, you will need to sign and agree to them. After the agreement has been returned to your lender, the loan amount will be deposited to your account within just 48 hours.

There’s no need to be intimidated by SME Loans application process, we’re on hand to guide you through it. If you want to find out more about whether your business is eligible to apply for finance, please get in touch at 01244 506279.

Our Birmingham business loans are one of the quickest, easiest ways of accessing funding that will help your growing business flourish. Apply today.

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