Thinking about applying for a Start Up Loan? This practical guide helps you check whether you’re ready and what you’ll need before you apply. Learn about eligibility criteria, required personal documents, funding details, and essential business paperwork such as your business plan and cash flow forecast.

A practical step-by-step guide to creating a business cash flow forecast. Learn how to plan your income, manage VAT and HMRC payments, and strengthen funding applications.

The story of how Let’s Do Business Finance enabled Quality Bottles to move from a promising startup to a thriving, job-creating local business.

Discover the key things you need to know when applying for a business loan. Our CDFI team answers the most common SME questions about funding, eligibility, and what lenders look for.

Let’s Do Business Finance is celebrating being shortlisted for two prestigious categories at the 2025 NACFB Commercial Lender Awards: Community Lender of the Year and Industry Leader of the Year, for their Managing Director Sean Dennis. 

Discover how chef Jonas Lodge from Woking, Surrey, launched Clucking Crispy Chicken in Surrey with a Start Up Loan from Let’s Do Business Finance.

Tuscany and Taste began in 2020 as a bold venture to bring authentic Tuscan truffle excellence to London. In 2025, the founders achieved their long-held dream of opening their first truffle boutique and wine bar, Tartufo e Vino Toscana — a milestone made possible through £84,000 in growth finance from Let’s Do Business Finance.

With support from Let’s Do Business Finance through funding from the Growth Guarantee Scheme and the Community ENABLE Fund, Holly Foster, founder of Bare Beauty, has proudly opened the doors to her brand-new salon and academy on South Street, Eastbourne.

Applying for business finance can be a major step towards growth — whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale. But many business owners find that their application hits a dead end, not because their business isn’t viable, but because of avoidable mistakes made during the process. 

Running a business isn’t always smooth sailing, and sometimes loan repayments can become hard to manage. In this article, we explore what to do if you’re struggling to repay your business loan — from practical steps you can take right away to the support available from Let’s Do Business Finance and other trusted organisations.

We’re thrilled to share that Let’s Do Business Finance (LDBF) has been shortlisted for two categories at the 2025 NACFB Commercial Lender Awards — Community Lender of the Year and Industry Leader of the Year.

If you’re thinking about how to get business finance, preparation is key. Whether you’re a start-up looking to launch or an established company planning to grow, having the right information and a clear strategy will make all the difference when applying for business finance. Read our handy guide

Launching a business is exciting, but one of the biggest challenges new entrepreneurs face is securing affordable finance. That’s why the government-backed Start Up Loan scheme exists – to give people across the UK the funding and support they need to bring their ideas to life.

With a passion for sport and fitness, Mody from Oxford had the drive to start his own venture, a personal training space and business called Stable Strength – and got the support to do it with a Start Up Loan from Let’s Do Business Finance.

Riding the Wave of Growth: How Fish Union has successfully pivoted the business with support from Let’s Do Business Finance and the British Business Bank’s Growth Guarantee Scheme

From overcoming the challenges of Brexit and the pandemic to inspiring others as a motivational speaker, Ayesha’s story for her business, HONEY CORN UK, is one of true resilience. Recently, we caught up with Ayesha to find out where Honey Corn is now, and how the early support from Let’s Do Business Finance helped to shape her journey.