Business Bank Account for Consultants
If you are a Limited Company and offer consultancy service you will obviously require a business bank account for that company as any payments made out directly to the business would only be able to be paid in to an account in that name.
One of the problems regarding the opening of a business bank account for consultants is that during the application process a credit check will be performed on all of the main principles of the business, meaning if any have had any type of credit issues in the past then your application will probably be declined.
Even when opening a brand new company all the main principles (and often any shareholder with over 20% of the company) will need to be both identified and have their credit checked.
Should any adverse credit be discovered, then in the majority of these cases the application will be declined leaving you without a business bank account.