Title: Improve Your Business Credit Score Word Count: 537 Summary: Borrow More Money! Small businesses can improve their credit rating by borrowing more money. You heard me right! Borrow money even when your business does not need it and pay it back on time or better still clear the loan early. Bizarrely, if you have never applied for a loan before then this will negatively impact on your credit score. The clever way to improve your credit score is by taking advantage of offers that charge you zero percent interest if you pay by a cert... Keywords: improve Your Business Credit Score,business credit score,credit score,business credit,credit cards Article Body: Borrow More Money! Small businesses can improve their credit rating by borrowing more money. You heard me right! Borrow money even when your business does not need it and pay it back on time or better still clear the loan early. Bizarrely, if you have never applied for a loan before then this will negatively impact on your credit score. The clever way to improve your credit score is by taking advantage of offers that charge you zero percent interest if you pay by a certain date. Why pay the bank interest on a loan when you have money in the bank? Some lenders offer some very low interest rate loans for asset purchases. Use their loans to buy cars, office equipment or machinery. Use your cash in your bank to negotiate early payment discounts with your suppliers. Many suppliers with poor cash flow will even offer up to 2% extra discount if you pay their invoices within 7 days. Lenders base your credit score on your payment history and the amounts of debts outstanding. If you have taken out many small loans and paid them back on time then this will stand you in good stead for when larger sums of monies are required. Ask for a Quotation First. When applying for credit make sure you get a quotation first before actually applying for the loan. Lenders will not do a credit search to give you a quotation. They will contact one or more credit reference agencies when you apply for a loan. Every time you apply for a loan the search gets recorded. You want to keep this "credit footprint" as small as possible. Do not Move House Changing your house address can be disruptive to your credit score. Lenders like to see stability and moving house can add minus points to your credit score. If you are planning on moving house apply for your business loans before you move. Know Your Credit Score Lenders base their lending criteria based on reports from credit agencies and your businesses trading history. Sometimes credit agencies can get it wrong or still record a debt outstanding that was cleared years ago. For a small fee they will happily send you your businesses credit report. Make sure you examine it for errors and highlight them. They are obliged to change the report if you can prove that sums outstanding have been cleared. You should check your credit score with the credit agencies at least every couple of years to make sure that there are no errors. Do not Close Unused Accounts If you have credit cards that you no longer need, destroy them every time a new one arrives. You credit scores benefits if you have credit facilities from many different lending institutions. Some lenders charge you a set annual fee for a credit card so make sure you cancel these. Clean up Your Balance Sheet Get rid of slow selling stock. Dispose of unwanted machinery. This will improve you balance sheet and enhance your credit score. Boosting your credit score will not only improve your standing with the banks. Suppliers also check your credit score and some even offer better deals to companies that are less of a credit risk.