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Flexible Business Finance
Flexible Business Finance is a loan of £500 to £250,000 for start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses based in the North of England. Open, no fixed deadline.
Run by Business Enterprise Fund
Checked against the official page (befund.org) on 5 Oct 2026.
Business loans from £500 to £250,000 for startups, small and growing businesses across the North of England, for startup costs, working capital, growth, equipment and refinancing.
These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with Business Enterprise Fund 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
Confirmed on the official page
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
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How to apply
Not confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: the North
Confirmed on the official page
Open across The North of England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.
Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.
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Things we could not confirm
- Specific eligibility criteria and lending decisions depend on individual circumstances; credit score and automated decisions not sole factors but full assessment criteria not detailed
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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 (befund.org) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Business Enterprise Fund before you apply.
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- befund.org/business-loans/the official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026
- befund.org/business-loans/find-your-finance/the official page, checked automatically, read 3 Oct 2026
- befund.orgvia GOV.UK business finance and support finder, read 3 Oct 2026