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Annual Report 2024
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Showing 55 - 72 of 84 results
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The Future of DC Pensions: Enabling Access to Venture Capital and Growth Equity
The Future of DC Pensions: Enabling Access to Venture Capital and Growth Equity report provides an in-depth assessment of the case for defined contribution (DC) pension scheme investment in venture capital and growth equity, and proposes solutions to overcome key risks and challenges to access.
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Evaluation of Start Up Loans: Year 3 Report
The Start Up Loans programme offers loans, alongside business support and mentoring, to individuals across the UK looking to start a business or to develop a recently established business. The main aim of the evaluation was to assess the economic impact and value for money of the programme.
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Small Business Equity Tracker 2019
Our Small Business Equity Tracker 2019 report provides a unique, in depth picture of equity finance for smaller businesses. It is intended not only to inform the development of the Bank’s own strategy, but also to inform wider developments in both the market and government policy.
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Small Business Finance Markets report 2019
Read the Small Business Finance Markets 2018/19 report to learn more about the finance markets for smaller businesses.
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UK VC & Female Founders report
Find the UK VC & Female Founders report here, which identifies the barriers faced by female-led firms in accessing venture capital.
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Small Business Finance Markets Report 2018
Our Small Business Finance Markets 2017/18 report highlights a continued and welcome growth in finance flow to smaller business outside of traditional bank lending products.
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Building Momentum in VC across Europe
The British Business Bank has joined up with Bpifrance (France), Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP, Italy), Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO, Spain), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW, Germany) to produce a research report examining VC markets in Europe.
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VC Catalyst - Early Assessment
VC Catalyst Early Assessment Results
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Economic impact evaluation of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme
The evaluation results show that the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme continues to create significant economic benefits to society. EFG supported loans to SMEs across 2010/11 to 2012/13 generated £415m of economic benefits, compared to £82m economic costs.
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Evaluation of Start Up Loans: Year 2 Report
The Start Up Loans programme offers loans, alongside business support and mentoring, to individuals across the UK looking to start a business or to develop a recently-established business. The purpose of the evaluation was to provide a robust assessment of the economic impact of the programme.
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The Benefits of Diverse Finance Markets for Smaller Businesses
This report examines the benefits of increased diversity of supply and heightened awareness of a diverse range of finance options, setting out what would be important to smaller businesses in such a market.
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Small Business Equity Tracker 2017
Find the Small Business Equity Tracker 2017 here, which gives an overall picture of equity funding conditions.
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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).