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Bills and Notes Guarantee
The Bills and Notes Guarantee is a guarantee of £1,000,000 to £30,000,000 for UK exporters that have been paid by overseas buyers using bills of exchange or promissory notes. Open, no fixed deadline.
Run by UK Export Finance
Checked against the official page (ukexportfinance.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.
Guarantees payments due under bills of exchange or promissory notes.
These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with UK Export Finance before you apply.
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Status and deadline
Status
Not confirmed on the official page
Deadline
Not confirmed on the official page
How much
Not confirmed on the official page
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
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How to apply
Confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: UK-wide
Not confirmed on the official page
Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.
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Source and last checked
Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (ukexportfinance.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 17 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 17 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with UK Export Finance before you apply.
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- ukexportfinance.gov.uk/products-and-services/bills-and-notes-guarantee/the official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026
- ukexportfinance.gov.ukvia GOV.UK business finance and support finder, read 3 Oct 2026