Growing your business

From our conversations with SMEs and mid-sized businesses across the UK, one thing is clear: traditional business banking still creates too much friction. Too many silos? Too many processes. Too much time spent managing money rather than using it to grow the business.

Surplus cash shouldn’t sit idle. Learn how OakNorth’s business notice accounts help UK SMEs earn more on reserves – with variable, tiered returns and full control over access. Built to align with your real-world cashflow, not get in the way of growth.

The economy’s shifting: costs are on the rise, margins are tighter, and regulation’s increasing. For growing businesses, that means bigger hurdles and tougher decisions. So where do entrepreneurs find confidence when making those business-critical decisions? It’s not just their optimism or a go-getter attitude. The most successful leaders surround themselves with the right partners, those […]

For ambitious SMEs, the biggest marketing challenge isn’t choosing between brand or performance, it’s finding the balance. Focus too much on short-term performance and your brand risks becoming forgettable. Invest only in brand, and growth can stall before momentum builds. That balance was the focus of our recent breakfast panel on Brand vs Performance: how […]

We recently partnered with FinTech North for their webinar, Scaling Smart: Unlocking Growth for the North. The session brought together over 40 business leaders and finance professionals to explore how scale-ups can access the right funding, attract talent, and build strong partnerships to unlock growth. We were proud to have Stewart Haworth, our Senior Director […]

By Anand Sahota, Lead Product Manager, Business Banking at OakNorth Choosing your business bank is a critical decision. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling fast, you need more than just a bank account. You need a partner that gets you up and running quickly, transparently, and reliably. But for many businesses, the journey gets stuck before […]