Success Stories

FittaMamma is an online retail company selling a range of maternity fitness wear. It was set up by Start Up Loans recipient and business woman Alexandra McCabe.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Diana Parkes is the founder of social enterprise The Women’s Sat Nav to Success Ltd.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A fast-growing specialist metals supplier  secured a £200,000 loan from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.