Success Stories

Learn how other UK businesses have used external finance to reach their ambition

Here’s just some of the tens of thousands of smaller businesses funded through our partners, with the support of British Business Bank’s programmes.

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Enterprise Capital Funds

NQ64

NQ64 are a chain of unique bars across the country offering a range of specialist beers and cocktails which can be enjoyed by customers while playing a range of retro arcade games and consoles.

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Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Andel

Huddersfield-based leak detection and environmental protection systems firm Andel received a £180,000 investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

7i Group Ltd

Cheshire based 7i Group Ltd  received £150,000 funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Start Up Loans

Altum Designs

Learn how Altum Designs used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Start Up Loans

40 St Pauls

Learn how 40 St Pauls used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Avail Technologies

A Hull start-up which aims to revolutionise the haulage industry by finding a better way to match drivers and employers  completed a £350,000 funding round led by NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Stainless Metal Solutions Ltd

A Cannock-based manufacturer of stainless steel metal components has received £60,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Outsource Management Services

Software provider Outsource Management Services (OMS) has secured investment of £55,000 from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance,– a fund managed by GC Business Finance in partnership with MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Authenticate

A Harrogate company whose technology platform is transforming the way food businesses manage their supply chain secured a new funding round of £2.3m, which included £1.5 million from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and the remainder from existing shareholders including Summit Alpha.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Lancashire Waste Recycling

A recycling business which takes household waste destined for landfill and turns it into fuel  secured a £575,000 debt funding package from Lancashire Rosebud Finance and NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Fund.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

StaffCircle

A Leicestershire company responsible for developing the first multi-channel online and offline HR software platform has secured £250,000 investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Authenticate – Case Study Video

Learn how Authenticate – Case Study Video used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Digital Training Solutions

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (‘’Maven’’) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund invested in Bolton-based elearning company, Digital Training Solutions (‘’DTS’’).

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Aurelius Environmental

The environmental management and materials recycling business secures funding to purchase machinery to improve efficiencies and help reduce carbon footprint.

Start Up Loans

hiSbe

Brighton sisters, Amy and Ruth Anslow, founded their independent supermarket, hiSbe, with the help of Start Up Loans.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Nova Pangaea Technologies

A Teesside business which has developed a new way to generate fuel and chemicals from waste biomass  secured a further £2.3million investment to commercialise its technology.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

Spotless Cleaning

Spotless Cleaning operates mostly in the holiday let sector and has grown significantly since being established a little over three years ago, with turnover increasing from around £50,000 in 2017 to an expected £100,000+ this year.

Start Up Loans

CorkYogis

Lara Sengupta is the founder and owner of CorkYogis, a right corker of a social enterprise. Situated just off the renowned Lordship Lane in East Dulwich, they make and sell as the name would suggest – yoga mats made out of cork.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Fit Cloud

A business which has developed software for the fitness industry received significant funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.