Birmingham’s entrepreneurs took over their local HSBC UK branch this week to showcase their businesses as part of the bank’s UK-wide Small Business Pop-Up Week.
A number of local businesses, including Ingmans and Lucy & Jane Jewellery, were setup inside HSBC UK’s New Street and 1 Centenary Square branch, giving them a chance to meet new customers and spread the word about their products and services.
The week-long event commenced on Monday 10 June, with the UK-wide initiative seeing more than 590 businesses being given prime space within their local HSBC UK branch to promote their products and services.
Peter McIntyre, Head of Small Business Banking at HSBC UK, said: “Small Business Pop-Up Week provides a great opportunity for many small, local enterprises to better connect with their local community. The initiative supports the growth ambitions of these entrepreneurs by offering them a space free of charge to showcase their products and services, meet and network with potential new customers and increase awareness of their businesses.
“This is part of HSBC UK’s commitment to supporting small UK businesses and since we launched in 2016, more than 4,200 businesses have taken part.”
HSBC UK supports around one million businesses across the UK and as part of its broader commitment to helping British businesses realise their ambitions for growth, HSBC UK launched a £12 billion lending fund last year, its largest fund to date.
HSBC UK’s broader package of support/benefits includes:
- A £12bn UK-wide fund for SMEs, allocated regionally across the UK
- A free banking offer of up to 18 months for start-ups and 12 months for switchers
- A 12 month fixed-price monthly tariff to commence at the end of a customer’s initial free banking period after which there is a choice to move on to either a Small Business Tariff or Electronic Business Tariff
- A Business Credit Card offers flexible cash flow with a credit limit matched to suit individual business needs. New customers get 1% cashback* on card purchases made between 1 June 2019 and 31 August 2019
- Our Digital Business Banking offers simple, better, faster and more secure ways to manage finances, so customers can focus on making their businesses thrive; manage their business accounts whenever and wherever using our mobile app or internet banking; get advice with either our virtual assistant or live chat with a customer agent online; see bank transactions in accounting software making it easier to reconcile and get the latest view of your financial position
- Our Insights Hub is a place where businesses can discover tools, tips and articles to help them reach their business ambitions and fuel their business growth
- Our Post Office® Banking provides businesses with access to key counter services at over 11,500 Post Office® branches nationwide
