Business current accounts
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank
Whether you're starting up a new business or considering changing your business banking arrangements to a new bank, Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank - now part of Santander - offers a compelling selection of business bank accounts with market leading features.
Free Business Current Account
No other UK business bank account includes more for free than the Free Business Current Account from A&L Commercial Bank.
It offers a great range of money saving benefits such as free standard non-cash transactions including:
- free & unlimited cheque deposits
- free & unlimited outbound cheques
- free & unlimited transfers via standing order, direct debit & BACS
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The Free Business Current Account also allows up to £3,000 of cash deposits each month without charge. Cash and cheques can be deposited and other banking transactions carried out at any Post Office in the UK - of which there are many thousands to choose from.
Business Builder Current Account
Alliance & Leicester's award winning Business Builder Current Account aims to offer the best current account for new, start-up businesses.
Benefits of this special start-up bank account include:
- two years completely free business banking
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no transaction charges
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no minimum balance requirement
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There's also free business guidance plus legal and tax advice. After two years, customers are transferred to the Free Business Current Account (see above), which continues to offer highly competitive features and rates.
The Business Builder Current Account is available to businesses that have been trading for less than six months and that will have a turnover of less than £500,000 during the free banking period.
Personal bank accounts from Alliance & Leicester
As an aside, it's worth noting that Alliance & Leicester's personal current accounts have won a host of awards between 2003 and 2008 from leading banking industry observers.
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Other business banking services
See also our sections regarding the following additional banking and other products and services for businesses:
- Business credit and charge cards
- Commercial mortgages / secured business development loans and buy to let mortgages
- Business resources