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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Start Up Loans

Solo Coffee

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

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Alderley Analytical

A leading North West biomedical research company  received a £300k investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Stiltz

Homelift manufacturer secures business loan to invest in its stock, upgrade its IT infrastructure and create 16 new jobs in the region

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

AddQual

A SPECIALIST manufacturing business, which supplies services to the aerospace and medical industries, has received significant funding to help invest in new technology.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Proskins

Funding will support the expansion of Proskins’ overseas presence and the creation of 10 new jobs

Start Up Loans

Bow Wows at No. 7

Learn how Bow Wows at No. 7 used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Melo World

Visual Management and 5S solutions provider, Melo World Ltd, received a £100,000 loan from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, managed by MSIF in partnership with GC Business Finance and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

The Immersive Learning Studio

Bespoke learning environment provider, The Immersive Learning Studio received a £50,000 loan from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, managed by MSIF in partnership with GC Business Finance as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Solaris Technology

A company which has developed a revolutionary glass coating that protects against the sun has set up its headquarters in Nottingham following a £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

Airship Services Ltd

A Sheffield company whose customer relationship and marketing platforms are used by leading restaurants and bar chains has secured a £500,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Hughes Bakers

Shipley-based Hughes Bakers secured a £600,000 loan from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Proskins Video Case Study

Proskins received MEIF East Midlands Debt Finance from Maven Capital Partners.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Evolve Military College

Workplace learning provider Evolve Military College secured a £95,000 loan from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, a product managed by GC Business & MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Start Up Loans

PocketHighStreet

Alex Schlagman is on a mission to revive not just one high street, but all of them. With initial backing from Start Up Loans, his tech business PocketHighStreet seeks to use an app and website to support local, independent retail by helping customers find what’s out there.

Start Up Loans

Old School BBQ Bus

Learn how Old School BBQ Bus used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Start Up Loans

Smartzer

Karoline Gross always wanted to do her own thing and Start Up Loans helped her do just that.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Navitas

Navitas Digital Safety Ltd (Navitas) has secured £745k of equity investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Promethean Particles

Nottingham 13 November 2019: Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”) is pleased to announce a £749,000 growth capital investment into Promethean Particles Limited (“Promethean” or “the Company”), a company specialising in the manufacturing of nanomaterials.