This policy explains how BusinessBanks.uk develops, checks, updates and presents UK business-banking research.
Editorial purpose
Our editorial purpose is to make business-banking decisions easier to understand without pretending that one product suits every company. We prioritise practical operating questions: what the business needs to do, what the arrangement costs in use, which controls matter, where exceptions occur and which facts must be verified before action.
Sources and verification
For provider-specific facts we prefer primary sources such as the provider’s own tariff, eligibility, service-information and regulatory pages, alongside relevant regulator or industry material. We distinguish those changeable facts from general explanations of banking operations. Where a fee, rate, limit, eligibility condition or product feature can change, the page should encourage direct verification at source.
Comparisons and provider profiles
Comparison pages are designed around documented criteria rather than a single score. Provider profiles describe service model, access, likely operating fit, questions to ask and areas requiring current verification. A favourable feature in one context may be irrelevant or inconvenient in another, so comparisons should explain trade-offs rather than hide them behind an overall ranking.
Corrections and updates
Material errors should be corrected when identified. High-intent pages are reviewed more often because pricing and product availability can change quickly. Structural guides may need fewer updates, but they are still reviewed when regulation, payment infrastructure or common provider practices change materially.
AI-assisted production
We may use software and AI-assisted workflows to help organise research, draft structures and scale routine editorial production. That does not remove the need for editorial review, source checking on time-sensitive claims, duplicate-content control and later improvement of high-value pages. The publication process is designed around those checks rather than around automated publication alone.
Commercial separation
Advertising, referral arrangements or other commercial relationships should be disclosed and should not silently rewrite editorial conclusions. The site’s research structure, provider inclusion and comparison criteria are intended to remain understandable independently of any advertising placement.