Quickstart: Localise copy and figures for UK

Q: Why does the framing matter?

Because Creditcorp lends to limited companies, not individuals. Copy that implies a personal loan is both inaccurate and off-brand.

Q: How should I format money?

With Intl.NumberFormat('en-GB', { style: 'currency', currency: 'GBP' }) or your platform's equivalent — never hand-rolled string concatenation.

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en-GBBritish spelling

\u00a3Pound formatting

LtdCompany, not consumer

Get the details right

Format money with en-GB and the GBP currency (see currency formatting).
Use British spelling in your own copy: 'organise', 'colour', 'programme'.
Frame the offer as business finance for limited companies, never a personal loan.
Prefer day-month-year date order in any dates you display.

Reflect the lending model

Credicorp lends to the company with no personal guarantee. Your copy should say so plainly — it is a genuine differentiator for the director reading it. Link to business loans for the full picture.

Words to avoid

Some terms carry the wrong meaning for a UK business audience and quietly misframe the product:

'Loan' is fine, but avoid 'payday', 'personal loan' or 'credit card' — these imply consumer lending, which this is not.
'APR' is correct UK usage; do not swap in US-centric terms.
'Turnover' and 'director', not 'revenue' and 'owner', match how UK company directors describe themselves.
Say 'limited company' or 'Ltd', not 'LLC' — the latter is a US structure that does not exist here.

Getting this vocabulary right is not pedantry: it signals to the reader that you understand UK business finance, which builds the trust that turns a browser into an applicant.

Test with real figures

Render a real quote and a real amount from the API in your target locale before you ship, and eyeball it. A number like \u00a325,000 should read naturally to a UK director; if it shows as $25,000.00 or 25.000, your formatter locale is wrong. This one-minute check catches the majority of localisation mistakes.