Business financing referrals · Local businesses

Explore funding for a specific investment in your local business.

A useful funding request identifies a purchase or an operating expense, not just a broad ambition. Describe what your local business needs, the cost involved and when payment is due.

Illustration of local businesses and their working space

Before you begin

Application preparation

Prepare the requested amount, business purpose and timing from your purchase or operating budget.

  • 01Funding amount, business purpose and timing
  • 02Monthly revenue and time in business
  • 03Industry, business name and approximate credit range
  • 04Owner contact details and mobile access

How it works

The application process

01

Amount and purpose

Use the actual purchase or operating gap to explain how much funding you want to explore.

02

Trading profile

Answer the questions about monthly revenue, time in business and your industry.

03

Contact details

Check the owner and business contact information, read the disclosures and complete SMS verification before sending.

Illustration of local businesses equipment and workspace
Illustration of local businesses equipment and workspace

Local businesses · funding preparation

Your operating calendar

Use the business’s current trading record as the starting point. Expected growth can explain a plan, but it should remain distinct from sales already made or payments received.

Possible uses

Business expenses to describe

01

Business equipment

Identify the machine, tool or system the business needs to buy. Include delivery and setup so the request reflects the cost of putting it into use.

02

Inventory

Connect a stock order to the products you sell and the period in which you expect to sell them. Separate confirmed supplier prices from preliminary estimates.

03

Operating expenses

List the bills that fall due before expected customer receipts. Define the period covered so the request has a clear purpose and end point.

Before you decide

When reviewing a provider offer

01

Amount available

Confirm how much of the offered amount would actually reach the business.

02

Repayment cost

Look at all repayments and fees over the agreement rather than a single quoted rate.

03

Contract conditions

Read security, guarantee, early-payment and default provisions before agreeing.

A few things to know

About this referral service

Information sharing and referral payments

Your submitted business and contact information may be sold to as many as five funding partners for follow-up. Partners pay us for the referral regardless of its funding outcome, and we do not charge you to apply.

Approval and available terms

Sending the form does not guarantee an offer or approval. Funding partners assess the business against their own requirements and set the conditions of any financing.

Provider timing

A supplier deadline does not establish how quickly a funding partner can respond. Confirm the provider’s process before relying on financing for a payment.

Contact consent and mobile verification

Check how your information will be used and who may contact you before you send the form. The SMS code verifies your number; the separate consent text describes communications.

Make a beginning

Start with your business funding request

Start the form with a defined amount, a business purpose and current trading information.