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  • Sustainability

    Smaller businesses have a vital role to play in the transition to a sustainable and net zero carbon economy. We are committed to supporting them through this journey with our finance programmes and by working with our delivery partners and finance sector as a whole. The low carbon transition must […]

  • Spending Review and Autumn Budget 2021: British Business Bank Response 

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    Spending Review and Autumn Budget 2021: British Business Bank Response Press release 27 October 2021 At today’s Spending Review, the government has announced its plans for spending over the next three years, from 2022/23. This includes a number of measures to support smaller businesses, to be […]

  • Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021

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    Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 Press release 27 October 2021 At today’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review, the government announced its plans for spending over the next three years, from 2022/23. The government has confirmed that throughout the three years from 2022/23 it will continue to […]

  • Recovery Loan Scheme offers over £1bn to smaller businesses

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    Recovery Loan Scheme offers over £1bn to smaller businesses Press release 25 October 2021 £1.06bn offered through almost 6,200 facilities to smaller businesses across the UK Over 5,100 facilities have already drawn down, providing £823m of funding The British Business Bank announces today that the […]

  • Form Ventures closes £30m Fund II to help game-changing startups navigate public policy

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    Form Ventures closes £30m Fund II to help game-changing startups navigate public policy Press release 21 October 2021 Form Ventures today announces final close of a £30m ($39m) Fund II at its target fund size. Form invests in startups at pre seed and seed stage in sectors directly shaped by policy […]

  • Smaller businesses and the transition to net zero infographic

    Smaller businesses estimated to account for 50% of all UK business-driven emissions Smaller businesses are mostly at the early stages of transition 76% are yet to implement a decarbonisation strategy but 94% of smaller businesses said they have taken at least one action to reduce their emissions […]

  • Smaller businesses responsible for around half of all UK greenhouse gas emissions from businesses, British Business Bank research reveals

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    Smaller businesses responsible for around half of all UK greenhouse gas emissions from businesses, British Business Bank research reveals Press release 20 October 2021 Smaller businesses account for around half (50%) of UK business-driven emissions, the same proportion as larger businesses […]

  • British Business Financial Services Limited Investment Committee – Terms of Reference

    1. Definitions For the purposes of these Terms of Reference: “BBB plc” means the British Business Bank plc; “BBFSL” means the British Business Financial Services Ltd; “DBT” means the Department for Business and Trade; “Chair” means the BBB plc CEO or in their absence, an Executive Member as […]

  • British Patient Capital Limited Direct Investment Committee – Terms of reference

    1 Definitions For the purposes of these Terms of Reference: “BBB plc” means British Business Bank plc; “BPC” means British Patient Capital Limited; “BPC Direct Investments” means each of the FF:B and BPC Direct Co-Investment programmes; “BPC Direct Investments MD” means the managing director of BPC […]

  • External finance now used by four in ten businesses across the UK, but a lack of local investors leads to wasted economic potential

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    External finance now used by four in ten businesses across the UK, but a lack of local investors leads to wasted economic potential Press release 07 October 2021 London, the South East, the North West and the East of England account for 86% of equity deals despite hosting just 55% of businesses […]