Close Brothers Business Finance

We are a market leading asset finance provider, working with business finance brokers to provide tailor-made solutions to UK SMEs across a variety of industry sectors.We provide funding for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies, typically for assets such as vehicles (including executive cars, coaches, taxis, trailers, and HGVs), agricultural equipment, contractors’ plant (including excavators, dump trucks and crushers), precision engineering and woodworking equipment, forklift trucks and printing equipment.We also provide funding for mission critical ‘soft assets’ such as shop fittings, beauty equipment and catering equipment, which is a unique offering in the marketplace.Our national team of Broker Development Managers work closely with a growing network of business finance brokers and we pride ourselves on our considerable expertise and ability to understand what brokers are looking for.We are part of Close Brothers Group plc, a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services, and securities trading.Established in 1878, Close Brothers Group plc employ 3,000 people, principally in the UK, are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are a member of the FTSE 250.Follow us on Twitter: @CloseBrothersBF