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.

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Enterprise Capital Funds

NQ64

NQ64 are a chain of unique bars across the country offering a range of specialist beers and cocktails which can be enjoyed by customers while playing a range of retro arcade games and consoles.

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Investment Fund for Scotland

Connekt Group

Connekt Group secured £250,000 through the Investment Fund for Scotland to help drive electric vehicle adoption across Scotland.

Investment Fund for Scotland

The Aesthetics Group

Award-winning aesthetic clinic The Aesthetics Club secured a £250,000 loan from the Investment Fund for Scotland to fund expansion.

Investment Fund for Wales

Snowdon Timber Products

Bangor-based Snowdon Timber Products secured £100,000 investment from the Smaller Loans fund of the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Screen Genie

Merthyr Tydfil business Screen Genie secured funding of £25,000 through the Smaller Loans fund of the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Green Dream Concepts

Swansea-based landscaping and gardening business Green Dream Concepts secured a loan of £25,000 through the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Palmers Scaffolding

Palmers Scaffolding, the UK’s oldest scaffolding firm, secured a £500,000 investment from the Debt Finance Fund of the Investment Fund for Wales.

Investment Fund for Wales

Economy Energy Group

Swansea-based renewable energy provider Economy Energy Group received a £100,000 investment from the Investment Fund for Wales Debt Finance fund managed by appointed fund managers FW Capital.

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland

The Bucks Head

The first deal from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland saw fund manager Whiterock facilitate a £100,000 loan to The Bucks Head Inn in Dundrum.

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland

Harrison Chambers of Distinction

An award-winning Belfast boutique hotel secured a £160,000 loan from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland to expand and build on their success.

Investment Fund for Scotland

Kedras Clinics

A clinic specialising in neurotechnology received a £50,000 loan through the Investment Fund for Scotland delivered by DSL Business Finance.

Investment Fund for Scotland

Highland Hilly Huts

A small hospitality operator based in the Highlands has received funding through the Investment Fund for Scotland to expand following recent success.

Start Up Loans

Lemon Tree Softplay Café

Lemon Tree Soft Play Café took out a Start up Loan and is a growing business founded by three mothers and entrepreneurs, creating a haven for children and families in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Recovery Loan Scheme

Airsym

Airsym is an established, Heathrow-based transport company that provide services for airlines, crew transfers, terminal transfers, and shuttles.

ENABLE Funding

Barclay & Daughters

Barclay & Daughters is a family-run nationally competitive haulier with over 25 years of industry experience.

ENABLE Guarantees

ThinCats

ThinCats is a leading alternative finance provider. It supports mid-sized UK businesses from all sectors with funding for growth, acquisitions, refinancing and restructuring.

Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)

Shropshire Festivals

When Beth Heath used a Bounce Back Loan to protect her business in Shropshire, the loan not only boosted the cashflow of her award-winning festival company, but also gave her an opportunity to support her local community during lockdown.

Recovery Loan Scheme

Thomas Paine Hotel

Owner of the Thomas Paine Hotel in Norfolk, Gez Chetal used the Recovery Loan Scheme to not only help his business, but to assist ex-offenders to gain employment in the hospitality industry.

Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)

Diversity Business Incubator (DBI)

Based in Plymouth, DBI is a business hub for minority ethnic entrepreneurs that assists with advice and provides support to help businesses grow. DBI took out a Bounce Back Loan to help support his local community during the pandemic.