Success Stories

Learn how The Smart Bunker used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Learn how Black Cowboy Coffee and Waffles used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Mike Turner and his partner Krisi started their Brighton-based tea mixology company, Bird & Blend Tea Co., with the help of a Start Up Loan.

Katie Henry received a Start Up Loan in early 2013 to help develop her business Art in Offices, which provide contemporary art at affordable prices to fill empty office walls.

Learn how Bilingual Beats used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Bilbo’s Pet Spa is based in Lydney, Gloucestershire and is run by Marion Aylott. Marion received a Start Up Loan of £22,000 in October 2016 and opened in December of the same year.

Katerina Pavlakis had a background in both running her own business and working in London. When she and her husband, Colin Bass, moved to rural north Wales, they were keen to start something more local to save them from a long commute.

Decorator’s Notebook is an online shop selling design-led home accessories made by social enterprises, fair trade groups and artisanal co-operatives around the world.

Robert D’Orville received a Start Up Loan of £25,000 in March 2015, enabling him to take ownership of Berry’s Bakery in Preston, Lancashire.

Learn how Can You Escape? used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Tony Singh was unemployed before starting his own business, Caffe Venecia, in the centre of Huddersfield in November 2013.

Klaudia Mitura used her Start Up Loan to help develop her business Employability Town, which supports young people in improving their soft employability skills.

Learn how BTS Concept Store used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Baked In was started by Joe who was later joined in the business by his brother Patrick. Their mission is to bring baking to the masses with an innovative range of Home Baking Kits and Mug Brownies.

Sarah Hilleary has always been motivated by the personal rewards of being her own boss, and this lead her to start gluten free snack company Birubi Ltd.

Learn how Strawberry Couch used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Jacqueline Moran, a mum and entrepreneur based in Wirral, used her Start Up Loan to set up The Sewing Room, which offers expert clothes fitting and alterations.

Learn how The Nests Little Smallholding used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.