Business Support Partners

What is a Business Support Partner?

It’s important to us that we give all our customers every opportunity to succeed. Not only when applying for a Start Up Loan, but when setting up and running their businesses in general.

That’s why we employ a national network of business support partners whose experienced business advisers can provide support to applicants, including helping them prepare their business plans and cash flow forecasts.

Successful applicants can also benefit from working with Newable, our official Start Up Loans Business Support Partner, who deliver mentoring and post loan support services and offer access to quality content through a programme of value adding webinars.

This is supported by UMi Sat Nav, a digital platform that gives flexibility and convenience to access 100s of on-demand tools and resources.

We also have specialist partners who can provide specific, tailored post loan support to meet the needs of their applicants.

When you apply for a Start Up Loan, we assign you to one of our business support partners.
Where possible, we try to match you with a business support partner that operates in your local area.

The business support partner will pair you with a business adviser who will help you move things forward and be your key point of contact throughout the process.

Our business support partners operate in various regions and industries across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and we work closely with them to ensure that responsible lending decisions are made.

To make sure we can support you effectively, you’ll only be able to work with one business support partner and you won’t be able to change this once you’ve submitted your application.

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Business Support Partners

The national and regional partners provide are experienced business advisers and are your key point of contact throughout the process.
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Specialist Partners

These partners have a strong understanding of specific specialisms, and are able to deliver bespoke services for their customers including Post Loan Support.
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Post Loan Support

The National Post Loan Support Partner offers free mentoring, online support services and webinars following the receipt of your Start Up Loan.
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List of Business Support Partners

Details of our national and regional business support partners

List of Specialist Partners

Details of our Specialist Partners

Specialist Partners Partners beginning with T
- The King's Trust
- The King's Trust
  - Expertise:that The King's Trust support
    
    Supporting young people age 18 to 30 to start their own business
  - Region:that The King's Trust support
    
    UK wide
  The King's Trust is a charity that helps young people to develop the skills and confidence they need to find a job or start a business.
  The King's Trust is an official Start Up Loans Business Support Partner and has a team of experienced advisers who work closely with applicants to help their business start journey. The Trust supports young people to build their knowledge and skills as a business owner, test the viability of their business idea, and prepare their business plan and cash flow forecast.
  Once you launch your business with King’s Trust support, you’ll continue to benefit from business mentoring, specialist workshops on a wide range of business topics, and networking opportunities for a further 3 years.
Specialist Partners Partners beginning with X
- X-Forces (XFE)
- X-Forces (XFE)
  - Expertise:that X-Forces (XFE) support
    
    Supporting armed forces communities to start up businesses across the UK with Start Up Loans, mentoring and support.
  - Region:that X-Forces (XFE) support
    
    UK wide
  X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) is a specialist organisation that helps members of the Armed Forces communities, including their family members, nurture their entrepreneurial ambition.
  Their expert Business Advisors will provide you with a handrail of support through business planning & financial forecasting and will guide you through each step of the Start Up Loans process. There is also access to business plan and cash flow forecast tools.
  XFE can provide ongoing mentoring support to successful applicants. The bigger and better anyone can make their network of support the greater the chances of business success. It is not just the money that makes people successful!
  To help people within the military community make the most informed decisions they can, XFE can also offer a range of self-employment workshops for start-up businesses at no cost to the loan applicant. Attending a workshop before taking a start-up loan can help individuals appreciate significant aspects of starting the business. To ensure military start-ups areas successful as possible XFE also provide access to a digital Knowledge Exchange Hub with access to tips, hints, articles, events and business champions.

List of Post Loan Support

Details of our Post Loan Support Partner

Post Loan Support Partners beginning with N
- Newable working with UMI
- Newable working with UMI
  - Expertise:that Newable working with UMI support
    
    Money, advice, and workspace solutions for ambitious UK SMEs
  - Region:that Newable working with UMI support
    
    UK wide
  Newable is an official Start Up Loans Business Support Partner and will work closely with successful Start Up Loan applicants to deliver mentoring and post loan support services and offer access to quality content through a programme of value adding webinars.
  Newable will be working in partnership with UMi to deliver Post Loan support services. UMi Sat Nav is a digital platform that gives flexibility and convenience to access 100s of on-demand tools and resources. Helping with everything from business planning and marketing to sales, recruitment and funding.
  Since 2007, UMi have worked with more than 500,000 businesses from across the UK to take the hard work out of finding and using the best information, expertise and finance.

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