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UK Export Finance: loan

UK Export Finance is a loan of up to £25,000,000 for businesses of all sizes in the United Kingdom that sell internationally and meet a minimum level of overseas turnover. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by UK Export Finance

Checked against the official page (ukexportfinance.gov.uk) on 1 Nov 2026.

Supports access to loans and other trade finance facilities for businesses that sell internationally via government guarantees.

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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

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £25,000,000

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Businesses that sell internationally and meet a minimum level of turnover from international sales.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses

Not confirmed on the official page

Could your business apply?

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How to apply

Apply on the UK Export Finance website.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 1 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with UK Export Finance before you apply.

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