Success Stories

Unemployed people are being helped back into work with investment from the NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Didsbury Gin received £100,000 funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

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A fast-growing specialist metals supplier  secured a £200,000 loan from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

ITS Technology Group (ITS)  secured further funding from funds managed by Maven Capital Partners to support the growth of its full fibre digital infrastructure in metro and rural areas. This latest round includes finance from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Maven VCTs and other private shareholders.

Fibre optic solutions company Node Technologies  secured a £100,000 loan from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, a product managed by GC Business Finance and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Biramis Management Partners, a specialist management consultancy firm secured £35,000 from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance,  managed by GC Business Finance and MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Billingham-based water and wastewater treatment specialist Biochemica received a six figure investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Workplace efficiency firm iPEGS is looking to grow its client base and expand overseas having secured a five-figure investment from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, managed by GC Business Finance and MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Intechnica – the Manchester-based technology business – has closed a £2.85million funding round led by investment group Mercia.

A £125,000 investment made by NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance is helping Darlington-based craft supplier and manufacturer Debbi Moore Designs Ltd on its industry-leading position to break into the lucrative US market and create four jobs in Tees Valley.

Inovus Medical, a leading designer and manufacturer of medical and surgical simulators, received a £500,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Tees Valley-based coffee company, Beanies Flavour Coffee,  secured investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, to continue its fast growth following initial support from Tees Valley Combined Authority.

Barnsdales – a long-established Yorkshire property management firm hit the acquisition trail again with the purchase of Blake Property Management of Aylesbury for an undisclosed sum.

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, invested £603,000 in Coeus Software Ltd (Coeus), a workforce mobility platform provider, on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF)

A Lancashire company which supplies and maintains living plants to businesses across the North West is expanding with a £150k loan from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, a product fund managed by FW Capital.

Digital technology company Gemini Digital Technologies (GemDT) secured a £100,000 loan from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance, a product managed by GC Business Finance and MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

A specialist engineering business received funding of £5m in a joint deal between NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), and Close Brothers Invoice Finance.