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Support to get your business moving again as lockdown eases
Coronavirus supportApply for a Bounce Back Loan (BBL)
You could be eligible for lending from £2k to £50k over 6 years for businesses impacted by coronavirus. No interest payments for 12 months.
Top up your existing Bounce Back Loan
If you've borrowed less than 25% of the annual turnover on your BBL application, you could apply for a top-up subject to an overall cap of £50k. Eligibility criteria applies.
Repayment holiday for existing loans
Ulster Bank customers may be able to take a 12 month repayment holiday on existing business loans. Eligibility criteria apply.
FreeAgent is award-winning* accounting software used by over 100,000 small businesses to monitor cashflow, fire off multi-currency invoices and record expenses.
If you’re an Ulster Bank NI business current account customer, you can get the full version for free, as long as you retain your bank account.
*Most Outstanding Accounting Software of the Year, SME News Business Elite, 2019.
The quickest and easiest way to bank with us while social distancing is via our online banking.
Anytime Internet Banking
Internet banking for smaller businesses.
Manage your accounts 24/7.
Bankline
For businesses that manage a higher volume or value of payments.
Anytime Banking and Bankline are available to Ulster business customers with an eligible account and some services may not be available on all account types. Bankline fees apply.
Visit our hub to find information on Brexit and what it may mean for you and your business.
Get the latest news and analysis from our experts to help you make better informed business decisions.
Proposed Business Transfer
We're going to ask the High Court in Belfast for permission to transfer the business of Ulster Bank Limited to NatWest.
To make these changes we're using a Banking Business Transfer Scheme.
There will be no change to your banking services.
Independent service quality survey results – Business current accounts
Published August 2020.
As part of a regulatory requirement, an independent survey was conducted to ask customers of the five largest business current account providers, whether they would recommend their provider to other small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
BBL, CBILS and CLBILS are managed by the British Business Bank on behalf of, and with the financial backing of, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
British Business Bank plc is a development bank wholly owned by HM Government. It is not authorised or regulated by the PRA or the FCA.
Visit british-business-bank.co.uk.
