Success Stories

The impact of COVID-19 meant energy start-up Voltaware was unable to roll out its technology or fully support its commercial activity.

With COVID-19 forcing schools and nurseries to close, the few key-worker children left in the care of Little Adventurers Nursery weren’t enough to sustain the business financially. Facing cashflow difficulties that threatened its future, the nursery looked to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) for vital support.

Like all hospitality businesses forced to shut down in the drive to tackle COVID-19, London’s DC Bars needed a boost in cashflow to prepare itself for an eventual reopening.

When COVID-19 first took hold, the Royal Society for Blind Children was quick to realise its income was soon to be severely affected.

Despite being consistently profitable, Red Oak Taverns saw its income streams severely curtailed once the Government’s shutdown of hospitality businesses began.

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

Lara Sengupta is the founder and owner of CorkYogis, a right corker of a social enterprise. Situated just off the renowned Lordship Lane in East Dulwich, they make and sell as the name would suggest – yoga mats made out of cork.

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

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.

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

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 Farah Qureshi used funding from a British Business Bank programme. Read more about how the funding helped them.

Neomi Bennett received a £9,900 Start Up Loan to help develop her anti embolism stocking aid, Neo-Slip.

Peter Chulu received a Start Up Loan in 2013 to help develop his global market research service company, Field Scope International Ltd.

Alex Schlagman is on a mission to revive not just one high street, but all of them. With initial backing from Start Up Loans, his tech business PocketHighStreet seeks to use an app and website to support local, independent retail by helping customers find what’s out there.

Karoline Gross always wanted to do her own thing and Start Up Loans helped her do just that.

Kerry-Ann Graham decided to set up her business, Gabby’s World; a business whose founding principle is encouraging diversity and equality through play; where values, social norms are learnt and reinforced.