You can find out how banks lend money in Using bank finance to get started.

You can see how one business owner used bank finance to start up in our video case study How borrowing money worked for me.

Another large area is education where the bank finances primary and secondary schools as well as university level institutions.

The bank finances more than 85 percent of its loans by borrowing in world capital markets.

Using a trust may also be a good way of raising bank finance to acquire the shares.

For more information, see our guide on bank finance.

Nat West says that late payment has recently been a significant factor in the demand for bank finance.

For more information, see the page in this guide on types of bank finance for businesses.

See our guides on bank finance and on how to use your business plan to get funding.

But manufacturers need bank finance, as does the rest of the economy.