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

Biramis Management Partners

Biramis Management Partners, a specialist management consultancy firm secured £35,000 from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance,  managed by GC Business Finance and MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

OnLogistics

Tamworth-headquartered logistics firm, OnLogistics Ltd (OnLogistics), is set to expand a number of its divisions, after receiving £350k from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Biochemica

Billingham-based water and wastewater treatment specialist Biochemica received a six figure investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

ISO Spaces

A Cornish company developing innovative spaces for living and working is using an £850,000 CIOSIF loan to almost double its workforce and develop a new hotel offer.

Start Up Loans

Bilingual Beats

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

Start Up Loans

Bilbo’s Pet Spa

Bilbo’s Pet Spa is based in Lydney, Gloucestershire and is run by Marion Aylott. Marion received a Start Up Loan of £22,000 in October 2016 and opened in December of the same year.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

iPEGS

Workplace efficiency firm iPEGS is looking to grow its client base and expand overseas having secured a five-figure investment from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, managed by GC Business Finance and MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Start Up Loans

Health & Food

Katerina Pavlakis had a background in both running her own business and working in London. When she and her husband, Colin Bass, moved to rural north Wales, they were keen to start something more local to save them from a long commute.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Oneskee

MEIF funding will enable snow sports apparel brand to invest in new sales channels and build on increasing demand.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Intechnica

Intechnica – the Manchester-based technology business – has closed a £2.85million funding round led by investment group Mercia.

Start Up Loans

Decorator’s Notebook

Decorator’s Notebook is an online shop selling design-led home accessories made by social enterprises, fair trade groups and artisanal co-operatives around the world.

Start Up Loans

Berry’s Bakery

Robert D’Orville received a Start Up Loan of £25,000 in March 2015, enabling him to take ownership of Berry’s Bakery in Preston, Lancashire.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Debbi Moore Designs Ltd – Video Case Study

A £125,000 investment made by NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance is helping Darlington-based craft supplier and manufacturer Debbi Moore Designs Ltd on its industry-leading position to break into the lucrative US market and create four jobs in Tees Valley.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Inovus Medical

Inovus Medical, a leading designer and manufacturer of medical and surgical simulators, received a £500,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Beanies Flavour Coffee

Tees Valley-based coffee company, Beanies Flavour Coffee,  secured investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, to continue its fast growth following initial support from Tees Valley Combined Authority.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Barnsdales

Barnsdales – a long-established Yorkshire property management firm hit the acquisition trail again with the purchase of Blake Property Management of Aylesbury for an undisclosed sum.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Coeus Software

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, invested £603,000 in Coeus Software Ltd (Coeus), a workforce mobility platform provider, on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF)

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Inleaf – Video Case Study

A Lancashire company which supplies and maintains living plants to businesses across the North West is expanding with a £150k loan from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, a product fund managed by FW Capital.