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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Investment Fund for Wales

Snowdon Timber Products

Bangor-based Snowdon Timber Products secured £100,000 investment from the Smaller Loans fund of the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Screen Genie

Merthyr Tydfil business Screen Genie secured funding of £25,000 through the Smaller Loans fund of the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Green Dream Concepts

Swansea-based landscaping and gardening business Green Dream Concepts secured a loan of £25,000 through the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Palmers Scaffolding

Palmers Scaffolding, the UK’s oldest scaffolding firm, secured a £500,000 investment from the Debt Finance Fund of the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Economy Energy Group

Swansea-based renewable energy provider Economy Energy Group received a £100,000 investment from the Investment Fund for Wales Debt Finance fund managed by appointed fund managers FW Capital.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

The Padel Club

Founded in 2020, Kris Ball launched The Padel Club after recognising its rising popularity while working abroad. With no courts available in his local area, Wilmslow, Kris decided to start the business in the anticipation that demand for the sport would take off.

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland

The Bucks Head

The first deal from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland saw fund manager Whiterock facilitate a £100,000 loan to The Bucks Head Inn in Dundrum.

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland

INQDATA

Data solutions company INQDATA received £750,000 in equity investment from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland in a deal led by Clarendon Fund Managers.

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland

Harrison Chambers of Distinction

An award-winning Belfast boutique hotel secured a £160,000 loan from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland to expand and build on their success.

Investment Fund for Scotland

Kedras Clinics

A clinic specialising in neurotechnology received a £50,000 loan through the Investment Fund for Scotland delivered by DSL Business Finance.

Investment Fund for Scotland

Highland Hilly Huts

A small hospitality operator based in the Highlands has received funding through the Investment Fund for Scotland to expand following recent success.

Investment Fund for Scotland

Carcinotech

Medical technology business Carcinotech received £750,000 in equity investment from the Investment Fund for Scotland through appointed fund managers Maven Capital Partners.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

Littlefair’s

Based in Blackburn, Littlefair's Wood Finishing Products, an award-winning and environmentally-friendly wood finishing products brand, has raised £75,000 from NPIF II

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

FinLegal

FinLegal - a Sheffield-based LegalTech company whose platform is used by the leading claims firms in the UK and Australia - raised £1.5m to accelerate the growth of its client base internationally.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

Change Accountants

A York accountancy firm has secured a six-figure loan from NPIF II – Mercia Debt Finance, which is managed by Mercia Debt as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), to support its continued growth following its acquisition of another local practice.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

Kirsty’s

Based in Harrogate, Kirsty’s, the UK’s leading ‘free from’ range of ready meals, has raised £2m from NPIF II

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

Biograd Education

Based in Liverpool, BioGrad Education, a specialist laboratory education provider, has raised a six figure investment from NPIF II – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II

B7

Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dynamic storytelling brand agency, B7, has secured an investment from NPIF II – Smaller Loans, which is managed by NEL Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II.