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Read the guide →Short-term lending for salons and beauty businesses
Hair and beauty salons trade in a familiar rhythm — busy before big occasions, quieter in between — while rent, stock and wages carry on regardless. Credicorp helps UK incorporated salons bridge a genuine, short, seasonal gap.
UK Ltd or LLP ae · Nae personal guarantee · Decisions maist warkin days
Recognise ony o thir?
- A predictable quiet month when takings dip but rent and wages do not
- Restocking products and consumables before a seasonal booking surge
- A salon chair, dryer or treatment device failing and needing replacing
- An essential supplier needing paying before bookings recover
If so, a Credicorp short-term business loan could help you bridge that gap.
Whilk product fits?
Credicorp Business Loan Recommendit for this sector
A salon usually needs a small, fixed sum to bridge a specific, short gap until known seasonal income returns. A fixed-term loan gives a clear total cost timed to that recovery.
- £50–£500 in ae advance
- Fixed 14–84 -day tairm
- 0.25% per day semple interest + £5 set-up fee
- Total cost cappit at 100% o principal
- Nae personal guarantee
- Maist decisions same warkin day
Credicorp Slice — split a single bill
If the need is one specific bill — a wholesale product order or an equipment service — Credicorp Slice spreads it over 3 or 4 weekly instalments at a flat 6% fee with no compounding.
- Bills o £50–£2,000
- Flat 6% fee — nae compoondin
- 3 or 4 weekly instalments bi Direct Debit
- Settle early an we refund the unuised fee pro rata
Find your fit
Pick the borrowing that fits your business
Tell us what you need and roughly how much. We’ll point you to the right product — it’s a guide to help you choose, not a lending decision or a quote.
See the cost for yer sector
A teepical beauty business micht borrae £250.00 ower 35 days. Adjust the sliders tae match yer ain scenario.
This matches yer needs? Stairt yer application
Borrowing is expensive relative to bank lending. Only borrow if the cost is less than the gap it closes. Total cost capped at 100% of principal — you will never repay more than double. There is no personal guarantee; lending is to the company.
Wha can pit in?
- UK leemitit company or LLP (body-corporate lendin anely — no sole traders)
- 6+ months tradin
- Current UK business bank accoont
- Director identity check (you, no the company, as the company's authorised representative)
- Nae personal guarantee requirt — the obligation is the company's
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- Can a hair salon or beauty business apply for a Credicorp loan?
- Yes. Credicorp lends to UK incorporated limited companies and LLPs in the salon and beauty sector — hair, nails, aesthetic treatments and similar businesses. Chair count and treatment mix are not pricing factors.
- Do companies in this sector need to provide a personal guarantee?
- No. All Credicorp lending is to the company — the UK limited company or LLP — as the sole obligor. There is no personal guarantee and no personal credit search on any director or shareholder.
- How quickly can a company in this sector get a lending decision from Credicorp?
- Applications are reviewed as they arrive during business hours. Credicorp aims to make a credit decision the same working day in most cases. Once approved, funds typically reach your company account the same day.
Credicorp lends to UK limited companies and LLPs under the body-corporate exemption (Articles 60B and 60L of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001). This is not consumer lending. The Financial Ombudsman Service and Financial Services Compensation Scheme do not apply. Full details: regulatory status and responsible lending policy.