Trade Finance

Trade Finance

What is Trade Finance?

Trading internationally can be risky business, with further distance for goods to travel, longer credit terms to contend with and negotiations with customers and suppliers in often unfamiliar markets.

Trade finance companies can provide both exporters and importers with financial support and guidance to help make the process as straightforward as possible, keeping cash flowing and providing security to safeguard your business.

If you’re based in the UK and you trade with other businesses both internationally and domestically, trade finance could help you buy stock or ship products more quickly and with less risk. 

As an independent commercial finance broker with vast experience in securing the most suitable trade finance facilities for importers and exporters, we can identify the right UK based facility and lender for your business too. Call 0800 9774833 or request a call back to speak to our specialists.

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Trade finance products

Whether you’re importing raw materials or exporting finished goods, there are a number of different trade finance products to cater for a wide range of requirements.

From releasing cash against invoices to cover the cash flow gap to obtaining a bank guarantee that gives both parties peace of mind, it can be extremely useful for businesses who trade internationally to assess the different options available.

Read more about the different trade finance products below, or make an online enquiry and we’ll be able to guide you towards the right trade finance company to fund your business:

We were introduced to the recommended funder and liked their approach. The Sales Director who visited us explained how the facility would work and we are very impressed.

Stuart Hubbard, Managing Director, Advanced Pipeline Supplies

Some of the funders we work with

  • Clear Factor
  • eCapital Commercial Finance
  • Sonovate
  • Aldermore Invoice Finance
  • Santander Corporate & Commercial
  • Haydock Finance Ltd
  • Optimum Finance
  • Davenham Trade Finance
  • Peak Cashflow
  • Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance
  • Bibby Financial Services
  • Davenham Asset Finance
  • Allica Bank
  • Berkeley Trade Finance Ltd
  • Team Factors
  • Pulse Cashflow Finance
  • Regency Factors
  • MaxCap
  • Nationwide Finance
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • 4Syte
  • PNC Business Credit
  • Metro Bank SME Finance
  • Merchant Money
  • InvoCap
  • Ultimate Finance Group
  • Woodsford Tradebridge
  • Close Brothers Invoice Finance
  • IGF Invoice Finance
  • Partnership Invoice Finance
  • Time Finance
  • Investec
  • Kriya
  • Leumi ABL
  • Castlebridge
  • Blazehill Capital
  • Cynergy Business Finance
  • Praetura Invoice Finance
  • ABN AMRO Commercial Finance
  • Tradeplus24
  • Giant
  • Accelerated Payments
  • Skipton Business Finance
  • Barclays
  • Roma Finance

© Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions Limited
Registered in England and Wales. Company Registration Number: 03832884. Registered Office: 110 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6EU
ICO Number: Z7220067

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA number 730445)
We are a credit broker and not a lender and offer credit facilities from a panel of lenders

We work with a panel of commercial finance providers and are typically remunerated by way of commission. The structure and amount of commission we receive varies between products and based on the facility. Further details are available on request.