What Allica Bank Business Savings is, and who it suits (and who it does not) Allica Bank is a UK-chartered bank with a deliberately narrow focus: established small and medium-sized businesses. It does not try to serve sole traders who set up last week, nor does it chase the retail consumer market. That clarity shapes ... Read more
Overview: what Aldermore Business Savings offers and who it suits Aldermore Bank has been operating since 2009, positioning itself as a specialist lender and savings provider for small and medium-sized British businesses. Its business savings range sits squarely in the gap between high-street banks that pay close to nothing and complex treasury platforms aimed at ... Read more
Overview: what Chip Easy Access Saver offers and who it suits Chip built its name as a round-up and automatic savings app before pivoting into a full savings marketplace. The Easy Access Saver is the centrepiece product for UK savers who want a competitive rate without locking their money away. In our test, opening the ... Read more
Overview: what the Zopa Smart Saver offers and who it suits Zopa started life as one of the UK's first peer-to-peer lenders back in 2005, but since receiving its full UK banking licence in 2020 it has repositioned itself firmly as a digital savings bank. The Smart Saver is its flagship product: a pot-based savings ... Read more
What the Chase Saver Account is, and who it suits Chase launched its UK savings product as a natural companion to its current account, and the proposition is straightforward: a variable-rate easy-access saver that lives entirely in the same app as your day-to-day banking. There are no branches, no passbooks, no paper forms. Everything happens ... Read more
Overview: what this account offers and who it suits Santander Business Current Account Classic is a traditional, full-service business bank account aimed at UK-registered sole traders, partnerships and limited companies that want the reassurance of a high-street branch alongside everyday digital banking. The account's monthly fee is £9.99, and it's backed by Santander UK plc, ... Read more
Overview: what Card One Money is and who it suits Card One Money is a business current account aimed squarely at UK sole traders and limited companies that have been turned away, or expect to be turned away, by mainstream high-street banks. There are no credit checks on the account itself. That single fact explains ... Read more
Overview: who this account suits and who should look elsewhere The Co-operative Bank Business Account occupies a distinctive corner of the UK business banking market. It pitches itself not purely on price or technology but on values: the bank has maintained an ethical policy since 1992, refusing to lend to sectors such as fossil fuel ... Read more
Overview: what Cashplus Business offers and who it suits Cashplus Business Account is a UK-licensed bank account aimed squarely at sole traders, freelancers, and small limited companies that want a fast, paperwork-light route to a business current account. Unlike the traditional high-street banks that can take weeks and demand in-branch meetings, Cashplus has built its ... Read more
Overview: what NatWest Business Current Account offers and who it suits NatWest is one of the oldest retail and commercial banks still operating under its own name on British high streets. Founded in 1968 through the merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank, it now sits within the NatWest Group alongside Royal Bank of ... Read more