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 2025
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Showing 1 - 18 of 126 results
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Gender and ethnicity pay gap report 2025
Learn about how the British Business Bank managed their gender and ethnicity pay gap in 2025.
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Small Business Finance Markets Report 2026
This is the 12th edition of British Business Bank’s latest Small Business Finance Markets report, covering 2025.
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Wales SME Access to Finance Report - 2026
This report from British Business Bank and Economic Intelligence Wales seeks to better understand the differences between sub-national access to finance economies, whilst simultaneously undertaking a devolved nations comparison for the period 2026.
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Scotland SME Access to Finance Report - 2026
This report from British Business Bank and Business Gateway Scotland seeks to better understand the differences between sub-national access to finance economies, whilst simultaneously undertaking a devolved nations comparison for the period 2026.
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Northern Ireland SME Access to Finance Report - 2026
This report from British Business Bank and Enterprise Northern Ireland seeks to better understand the differences between sub-national access to finance economies, whilst simultaneously undertaking a devolved nations comparison for the period 2026.
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UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2025
The UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2025 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the performance of UK VC funds since 2002.
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Five-year Strategic Plan
View British Business Bank's Five-year Strategic Plan.
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Life Sciences Investment Programme report 2025
View the Life Sciences Investment Programme report 2025
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SMEs and Net Zero report 2025
View the SMEs and Net Zero report 2025
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Nations and Regions Tracker 2025
Our Nations and Regions Tracker 2025 presents an analysis that highlights geographic patterns observed in UK small business finance, based on the latest data available.
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Debt Funds Evaluation report 2025
View the Debt Funds Evaluation report 2025
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Year 3: Future Fund evaluation report 2025
View the Year 3: Future Fund Evaluation Report 2025
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Annual Report and Accounts 2025
Our Annual Report and Accounts reports on the performance of the Bank during the 2024/25 financial year.
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Impact Report 2025
Our 2025 Impact Report sets out the impact of the British Business Bank’s activity on smaller
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Small Business Equity Tracker 2025
The eleventh annual British Business Bank Equity Tracker report examines recent trends in equity investment into UK SMEs and the UK Business angel market.
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Evaluation of the COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes (Year 3 Report)
This report provides findings from the third year of this evaluation, which consists of four main parts. The first of these is an economic evaluation which assesses the overall benefits and costs of the schemes. The second is a process evaluation aiming to assess the processes adopted to deliver the three Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes. The third is an impact evaluation providing estimates of the schemes’ impacts on borrower-level economic outcomes in the third year of the pandemic. The fourth and final is a secondary analysis of key results from the impact evaluation presented in the second year report.
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Gender and ethnicity pay gap report 2024
Learn about how the British Business Bank managed their gender and ethnicity pay gap in 2024.
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Wales SME Access to Finance Report - 2025
This report from British Business Bank and Economic Intelligence Wales seeks to better understand the differences between sub-national access to finance economies, whilst simultaneously undertaking a devolved nations comparison.