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.
Performance
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Learn more about the performance of our programmes
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Annual Report 2024
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Showing 1 - 18 of 111 results
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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.
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Northern Ireland SME Access to Finance Report - 2025
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.
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Scotland SME Access to Finance Report - 2025
This report from British Business Bank and Business Gateway seeks to better understand the differences between sub-national access to finance economies, whilst simultaneously undertaking a devolved nations comparison.
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Small Business Finance Markets Report 2025
This is the 11th edition of British Business Bank’s latest Small Business Finance Markets report, covering 2024.
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The Power of 10: 10 Year Impact Report
10 Year Impact Report sets out how the British Business Bank has supported more than 200,000 businesses to prosper and grow over the last decade.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2024 - British Business Investments
Read the British Business Investment Annual Report on the performance of the Bank during the 2023/2024 financial year.
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Evaluation of Start Up Loans
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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UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2024
The UK Venture Capital Financial Returns 2024 report provides a comprehensive assessment of the performance of UK VC funds since 2002.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2024 - British Patient Capital
Read the British Patient Capital Annual Report on the performance of the Bank during the 2023/2024 financial year.
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Markets Spotlight, November 2024: Small Business Finance Markets Report 2023-24
The Markets Spotlight focuses on the key developments in the UK economy and small business finance markets in the first half of 2024 i.e., since the Small Business Finance Markets Report 2023-24 which provided a more detailed insight into market developments. This edition highlights that the UK economic environment remained challenging for smaller businesses and how this impacted their use of bank lending, asset finance and equity finance. The Annex contains a table of the latest nominal data on a range of small business finance markets.
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Nations and Regions Tracker 2024
Our Nations and Regions Tracker 2024 presents an analysis that highlights geographic patterns observed in UK small business finance, based on the latest data available.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2024
Read the British Business Bank Annual Report on the performance of the Bank during the 2023/2024 financial year.
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Impact Report 2024
Our Impact Report, published for the first time this year, sets out the impact of the British Business Bank’s activity on smaller businesses across the UK’s Nations and regions.
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Small Business Equity Tracker 2024
The tenth annual British Business Bank Equity Tracker report examines recent trends in equity investment into UK SMEs and the international competitiveness of the UK VC market.
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Wales SME Access to Finance Report - 2024
This report from the British Business Bank and Economic Intelligence Wales bring you new sub-national research and a Devolved Nations comparison.