award winning Financial support for international business growth

Success in international business depends on a number of key factors, including having the right type of financing in place and the right financial partner. Recently voted Winner of Euromoney's Best Domestic Trade Finance Provider 2012, our international team provide a wide range of award winning trade finance services, for both importers and exporters. They also have extensive experience in nearly all of the world’s most significant markets and business sectors. 

 

Our network of local relationship directors work alongside our international teams to offer you the most appropriate forms of finance to help optimise use of working capital as part of your supply chain. 

 

Supplier Finance

Your suppliers can obtain early payment of their invoices over our supplier finance platform, giving them access to invaluable working capital.

 

Pre-Shipment Finance

If you have a confirmed order from a quality buyer backed by a documentary credit, we may be able to provide you with the working capital you need to produce and ship the goods, giving you the reassurance of being able to take on new contracts and grow your business.

 

Post-Shipment Finance

When you have shipped goods to a customer, we may be able to advance payment so you don't have to wait for that customer to pay, giving access to capital to fund further operations.

 

Import Finance

We can provide short-term finance linked to your trading cycle to enable you to pay your suppliers promptly but allowing time for you to re-sell the stock or undertake any capital expenditure required.

 

 

ECGD Bond Support Scheme

Introduced early 2011, the Bond Support Scheme provides partial guarantees to participating banks under a master bond support agreement in respect of UK exports.  Where a bank issues a contract bond (or procures its issue by an overseas bank) in respect of a UK export contract, ECGD will typically guarantee 50% of the value of the bond and up to 80% for advance payment and progress payment bonds.  Please see our dedicated factsheet for full details of the scheme.  Further information can also be found on the UK Export Finance website.

 

ECGD Export Working Capital Scheme

The Export Working Capital Scheme has been designed to assist UK exporters to grow by gaining access to working capital finance (both pre and post-shipment)  in respect of specific export contracts.  The scheme is intended to help businesses that win new contracts overseas, in particular those of a higher value than usual to that business ad the types of transaction supported under the scheme are likely to be structured working capital facilities.  Please see or in-depth factsheet for full details of the scheme.  Further information can also be found on the UK Export Finance website.

 

Export Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

ExEFG is a Government Guarantee scheme supporting export transactions, it is aimed specifically at small and medium sized exporters that turn over less than £25million that require an export finance facility, but have insufficient security available to secure the borrowing facility (under the Lender’s normal credit criteria). ExEFG provides a 60% government‐backed guarantee on any supported facility ExEFG covers traditional trade instruments and facilities such as Lines of trade credit, including pre and post finance, Bonds and guarantees and Invoice financing.

_{All applications for our products and services are subject to eligibility criteria.}