The British Business Bank PLC is a wholly owned government-owned institution and aims to be as transparent as possible as set out in our Shareholder Relationship Framework Agreement.
As a public authority, we are committed to the highest standards of corporate governance and accountability and are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Publication Scheme
Under the FOIA, we are required to have a publication scheme. The Information Commissioner (IC) recognises public authority websites often act as their publication scheme. The information to the right lists the categories of the IC’s model publication scheme and provides links to the information available.
Our Annual Report and Accounts is one of the main sources of information that explains what we do, our priorities, expenditure, and performance, but we regularly publish information across our website about our programmes, case studies, news, and events.
Information is accessible and free of charge unless otherwise stated.
Freedom of Information
We routinely publish information on our website about what we do. If you can’t find the information you are interested in you can make a request using this form. For details about how we handle FOI and Environmental requests please read our FOI Standard and Procedure.
Data Subject Requests
If we process your personal data you have a number of rights under data protection. For more information about why we process personal data please see our privacy notice which include reference to the different data protection rights. If you wish to exercise them please fill in the data subject request form.
All other enquiries should be made via our Contact Us page.
Annual Report & Accounts
Download or view our Annual Report and Accounts
Gender Pay Gap
Learn more about how British Business Bank are tackling the Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap and access the archive of Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Reports.
What we spend and how we spend it
Much of our financial information can be found in our Annual Report & Accounts.
We follow the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023, where applicable, to procure goods and services.
For contracts over the value of £25,000, details of the tenders and contract awards are on the Find a Tender Service. The British Business Bank PLC also publishes details of all departmental spending over £25,000 for each month.
Find a copy of our contracts register, updated every 6 months.
We provide information on pay ranges across all grades within British Business Bank PLC.
SLT Travel Expenses
How we make decisions
Schedule of Matters Reserved for the Board
Terms of Reference for Board Committees
- Audit Committee (.PDF, 213 KB)(Opens in new window)
- Risk Committee (.PDF, 178 KB)(Opens in new window)
- Remuneration Committee (.PDF, 183 KB)(Opens in new window)
- Governance and Nomination Committee (.PDF, 185 KB)(Opens in new window)
Terms of Reference for the Investment Committees
- Indirect Investment Committee (.ODT, 104.16 KB)
- Direct Investment Committee (.ODT, 104.13 KB)
- Banking Investment Committee (.ODT, 107.38 KB)
Reservation notices and ministerial directions
Published correspondence
- Letter from Catherine Lewis La Torre to Anneliese Dodds, 20 April 2021 (.PDF, 341 KB)(Opens in new window)
- Letter from Catherine Lewis La Torre to Meg Hillier, 19 July 2022 (.PDF, 105 KB)(Opens in new window)
Independent Board Effectiveness Review
Minutes
Download or view our archive of minutes from our BBB Board, Risk Committee and Audit Committee
Policies and procedures
View our list of policies and procedures.
List and registers
European Commission State aid transparency
European Commission State aid transparency requirements mean that details of certain facilities granted under the UK Government’s Covid-19 emergency loan schemes were required to be published on the European Commission State aid transparency public search register.
In addition, from 1 January 2026, we are required to publish certain information about de minimis aid awards on the European Commission’s eAidRegister.
Both registers can be found at the following link: eAidRegister. For further information about these registers, please visit the British Business Bank privacy notice or The Start-Up Loans Company privacy notice (as applicable).