The British Business Bank uses research and analysis to design, improve and create new solutions to make finance markets work better. We regularly evaluate our interventions to ensure that they continue to address effectively market weaknesses.
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Annual Report 2024
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Showing 91 - 107 of 107 results
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Small Business Finance Markets report 2016/17
The Small Business Finance Markets 2016/17 report highlights that credit conditions for small businesses continue to improve.
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Small Business Equity Tracker 2016
The British Business Bank partnered with Beauhurst to provide an assessment of equity finance markets to UK smaller businesses. The report covers equity investment from a wide range of funding sources including Venture Capital funds, business angels, and crowdfunding platforms to give an overall picture of equity funding conditions.
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Evaluation of Start-up Loans – year 1 report
This evaluation provides an early assessment of the impact of the Start Up Loans programme. The programme’s primary objective is to encourage entrepreneurship in the UK, increase the rate of business creation and improve survival prospects. It reports that the programme is delivering benefits for its target group, and having a positive effect in terms of promoting enterprise.
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Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) Scheme – Strategic and Operational Design Review
This review of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) is aimed at maximising the support that EFG offers to smaller businesses, and takes into account the views of a wide body of interested parties.
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Small Business Finance Markets Report 2015/16
Discover insights from the 2015/16 Small Business Finance Markets Report. Challenges covered include: lack of scaling, limited diversity, regional imbalance. Learn more about the UK's productivity and SME finance landscape.
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The Sustainability of Community Development Finance Institutions – December 2015
British Business Bank commissioned PwC in March 2015 to look into the sustainability of the CDFI sector (now renamed the responsible finance sector).
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2012 Small Business Survey – March 2013
The latest survey is part of a series of biennial surveys that covers a range of topics including characteristics of SMEs, their recent and expected growth performance, their access to external finance and obstacles to the success of the business. The survey produces two reports, which are available on the gov.uk website.
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Economic evaluation of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee – February 2013
Find out more about the economic evaluation of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) Scheme.
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Analysis of the UK Smaller Business Growth Loans Market
Growth loans are bespoke debt-based finance that goes beyond senior debt in terms of its risk appetite and is used to support business growth and development. This research paper examines the finance market for growth loans to UK smaller businesses to answer the following questions.
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Research on Equity Markets – March 2015
Find the Research on Equity Markets Report here, which offers a wide-ranging view of the market for equity investment in smaller businesses.
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Trade Credit Enterprise Finance Guarantee Pilot – evaluation and response
Find an evaluation of the Trade Credit Enterprise Finance Guarantee pilot and the response received.
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SME Journey Towards Raising Finance 2014 Survey
Find the SME Journey Towards Raising Finance 2014 Survey Report here, which was undertaken by BMG Research for the British Business Bank.
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Small Business Finance Markets 2014
Find the Small Business Finance Markets 2014 Report here, our first comprehensive analysis of these markets.
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British Business Bank report on SME journey to raising finance 2012
British Business Bank report on SME journey to raising finance 2012.
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British Business Bank Strategic Plan 2014
Our Strategic plan describes how the British Business Bank is set up, how it operates and its main areas of activity. The plan also reports on recent progress and developments as well as setting out key financial, risk and other considerations.
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How medium-sized businesses access finance
Find out more about how medium-sized businesses access finance. Read our lessons for tomorrow’s medium-sized businesses.
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Latest Enterprise Finance Guarantee quarterly statistics
Download the latest performance data for the Enterprise Finance Guarantee, for the 1st quarter of FY 2019-20