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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Growth Guarantee Scheme

Câr-y-Môr

Câr-y-Môr is the first community-owned regenerative ocean farm in Wales. With a diverse membership of over 300 individuals from various backgrounds, Câr-y-Môr has become a shining example of community-driven sustainability and innovation.

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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.

Start Up Loans

North 55 Gallery

Inga Irvine opened her art gallery, North 55 Falmouth, with the help of a £6,500 Start up Loan.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Hiring Hub – Video Case Study

Hiring Hub is a recruitment agency marketplace that helps employers find and work with specialist recruitment agencies to fill jobs faster at a fixed cost.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

fissara

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund invested £500,000 in Fissara Limited (“fissara”), a designer, developer and provider of operational management software (“OMS”) for the SME and mid-sized corporate market.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Optimus Vitrum

A University of Leeds spin-out which is pioneering a new way to make toughened glass for mobile phone screens and wearable devices secured £600,000 to prove the benefits of its technology.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Connectus Group

A superfast broadband provider received £150,000 worth of funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Nordic Products & Services

Unemployed people are being helped back into work with investment from the NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Start Up Loans

JC Social Media

Learn how JC Social Media used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Didsbury Gin

Didsbury Gin received £100,000 funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Blake UK

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

Start Up Loans

The Smart Bunker

Learn how The Smart Bunker used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Start Up Loans

Black Cowboy Coffee and Waffles

Learn how Black Cowboy Coffee and Waffles used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Start Up Loans

Bird & Blend Tea Co.

Mike Turner and his partner Krisi started their Brighton-based tea mixology company, Bird & Blend Tea Co., with the help of a Start Up Loan.