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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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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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

Oxi-Tech

Oxi-Tech is a clean-tech company which has developed disinfectant technology using water and electricity. A £250,000 investment through the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (COISIF), has helped to accelerate the company’s commercialisation and its next phase of growth.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

Arc Marine

ARC Marine received £1m in equity investment from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF) in a deal led by the FSE Group, enabling the company to create at least six new positions over the next three years.

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.

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.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

FibreCRM

A software company which has created a specialist cloud-based Client Relationship Management (CRM) system specifically for accountants is using a £250,000 CIOSIF loan to drive future growth.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

I for Design Limited

A Cornish company which manufactures and distributes a range of cork homeware products received CIOSIF loan support to the tune of £80,000.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

Swoop Applications

Swoop has created a market-leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform called Colateral, enabling retailers and brands to manage their in store marketing campaigns, cutting waste and driving sales.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

Wildanet

A young tech start-up with ambitious growth plans, Wildanet uses state-of-the-art wireless radio technology to provide superfast broadband in hard to reach rural areas, with a guaranteed minimum speed of 30Mb/s, up to lightning-fast 1Gb/s.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

Clinical Design Technologies

Clinical Design Technologies is using £750,000 of CIOSIF equity investment to promote its groundbreaking Urine Testing System technology.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund

The Wyldes

An events company organising music festivals, private functions and other events near Bude is using a six-figure CIOSOF loan to invest in infrastructure and grow its team.