Growing your business

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 […]

By Daria Saulenko, Senior Product Manager, Business Banking at OakNorth Daria works on creating products that empower businesses to spend wisely and effortlessly, with seamless card experiences and integrated financial tools. Managing business expenses shouldn’t slow you down  From onboarding new team members to paying international suppliers, business expenses are a daily reality, but too […]

Managing multiple businesses shouldn’t mean managing multiple logins. Learn how OakNorth rebuilt the onboarding experience to make it easier to open and control multiple company accounts, all from one login, with full visibility and zero duplication.