Success Stories

A family farm on the Yorkshire moors secured £100,000 from NPIF II – Mercia Debt Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), to open a glamping site.

LBM Group Ltd, a growing electrical contracting firm based in Blyth, secured a five-figure loan from NPIF II – NEL Smaller Loans. The funding will enable the firm to expand its team and purchase new assets to support its ongoing growth and meet an increasing demand for sustainable electric services.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Founded in 2020, Kris Ball launched The Padel Club after recognising its rising popularity while working abroad. With no courts available in his local area, Wilmslow, Kris decided to start the business in the anticipation that demand for the sport would take off.

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.

Data solutions company INQDATA received £750,000 in equity investment from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland in a deal led by Clarendon Fund Managers.

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.

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

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

Medical technology business Carcinotech received £750,000 in equity investment from the Investment Fund for Scotland through appointed fund managers Maven Capital Partners.

Based in Blackburn, Littlefair's Wood Finishing Products, an award-winning and environmentally-friendly wood finishing products brand, has raised £75,000 from NPIF II

FinLegal - a Sheffield-based LegalTech company whose platform is used by the leading claims firms in the UK and Australia - raised £1.5m to accelerate the growth of its client base internationally.