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.

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

Pure L’amour

Heuritshi Pitra received a loan of £7000 from Start Up Loans to help fund her clothing business, Pure L’amour.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

DTC International

Investment will enable Northamptonshire-based DTC to execute growth strategy by developing industry-leading training centre, creating 40 new jobs

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Aceleron

Two award-winning inventors with a mission to develop more sustainable batteries have secured £150,000 to help launch their latest product from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund’s Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia Fund Managers.

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

Duttons Builders Merchants

NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital, and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has backed Middlewich-based Duttons Builders Merchants with a £250,000 cash injection to support the company’s expansion with the creation of eight new jobs.

Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)

Ace Lifestyle

As the UK started to observe social distancing, health and fitness company Ace Lifestyle saw its customer base decline.

Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)

Des Carson Limited

For a small distributor of table sauces, the enforced closure of food premises due to COVID-19 was a potentially disastrous outcome.

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

Casa Cannoli

With the majority of its trade coming through public stalls and events across London, Casa Cannoli has been severely hampered by the COVID-19 lockdown.

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

Britannia Site Solutions

Britannia Site Solutions secured funding via CBILS to relieve the company’s cash flow situation after several projects were delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

Architectural Wallsz

Worcestershire Partitioning Company Secures Pandemic Funding Support

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

Consensus Workspace

Specialist social impact lender, GC Business Finance, has provided one of the first Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loans in the North West to Consensus Workspace, with approval taking only 24 hours from full application.

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

Spectrum Cleaning Solutions

Spectrum Cleaning Solutions is targeting revenues of £5m as it diversifies into the online space following a £100,000 CBILS-backed loan from NPIF – BEF & FFE Microfinance, which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Cumbria Crystal

From Cumbria to Casino Royale. How debt finance helped this manufacturer supply James Bond’s whisky glasses

Enterprise Finance Guarantee

The Cocktail Service Ltd

Established in 2009 by university friends and based in Oxford, The Cocktail Service Ltd is a fast-growing provider of premium mobile bars for festivals and events.

ENABLE Guarantees

FW Properties

Based in Norwich, small housebuilder FW Properties specialise in developing distinctive contemporary properties across Norfolk and Suffolk.

ENABLE Guarantees

Aeroplas

Based near West Bromwich, West Midlands, Aeroplas is a manufacturer of thermo injection moulding products.

Midlands Engine Investment Fund

Dynamo Taxis

A Coventry-based manufacturer responsible for producing all electric black taxis – ‘Hackney Carriages’ – approved by Transport for London has secured a £1.25m loan.

Enterprise Finance Guarantee

Boho Bride Ltd

Boho Bride is a bridal boutique based near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

Enterprise Capital Funds

Grapeshot

Started in Cambridge, Grapeshot is a brand safety platform that helps marketers, publishers and media organisations target customers more accurately in any language and in real time, globally.