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The British Business Bank has agreed a transaction of up to £300m with Close Brothers under the ENABLE Guarantees programme, unlocking significant additional lending capacity.

Today, the British Business Bank announces an increased commitment to Beach Point Capital UK’s dedicated UK SME lending fund, taking the Bank’s total commitment to £50m. The increased commitment will provide additional lending capacity, supporting smaller businesses with growth ambitions across the UK. The British Business Bank previously backed the fund in July 2022.

Approov Limited (“Approov”), a mobile app security software business, has secured a £1.2m investment from the Investment Fund for Scotland, managed by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”). This is part of a £5 million funding round with participation from Souter Investments, and existing investors Lanza techVentures and Scottish Enterprise.

Today, the Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade announced that more than £4.5bn is being allocated to the British Business Bank, as part of the Government’s ‘Backing your Business’ small business plan.

The Growth Guarantee Scheme, led by the British Business Bank, has reached a major milestone […]

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Guarantee with agricultural lender, Rural Asset Finance. The transaction is anticipated to support a portfolio of up to c.£120m to smaller rural businesses across the agricultural sector in the UK through a combination of asset finance and term lending.

Louis Taylor, CEO, British Business Bank, said: “In a busy and productive 2024/25, the British Business Bank amplified its role, delivering significant impact in driving economic growth and innovation and playing its part in the economic transformation of the UK’s Nations and regions.

Propel Finance completed a £1.5bn funding round to provide finance solutions for thousands more SMEs across the UK

CFIT and its industry partners today set out how they plan to tackle the UK's SME credit gap

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade announced that £6.6bn of new capital is being committed by the British Business Bank to boost growth

Avellinia Capital (“AvCap”), a private credit investment firm specialising in asset-based financing and capital solutions, announced today a new partnership with British Business Bank aimed at bolstering funding for UK FinTech lenders and asset originators. Through this collaboration, hundreds of UK smaller businesses are expected to benefit from increased access to finance and a higher supply of working capital. The first recipient of this dedicated funding under the partnership will be Triver, a FinTech lender focused on offering flexible finance options to smaller businesses.

The British Business Bank has appointed Julia Bond OBE as Non-executive Director (NED) to the Board of British Business Bank plc, effective from 19 May 2025, and Chair of its Remuneration Committee, effective from 1 July 2025.

The British Business Bank has reached the landmark milestone of £5bn of lending across its structured guarantee programmes, ENABLE Guarantees and ENABLE Build, with more than £3bn delivered to businesses outside London and the South East. A total of £500m of funding has been provided in each of the North West, East Midlands and East of England regions.

The British Business Bank has committed £7 million to a new platform enabling it to invest alongside five of the UK’s promising and emerging angel syndicates. The platform will be managed by Haatch, an existing partner of the Bank.

The British Business Bank today announces the accreditation of Creative Growth Finance as a delivery partner under the Growth Guarantee Scheme.

Announced by the Chancellor today, the Growth Guarantee Scheme will provide approximately £500m of additional lending capacity to help more smaller businesses across the UK. The extra funding is aimed at smaller businesses that may need support with cashflow issues due to changes in global tariff rates.

The British Business Bank has agreed a new facility with BFS Marine Finance, designed to increase the flow of finance to smaller businesses within the commercial marine sector.

The British Business Bank today announces it has made a cornerstone commitment of up to £36m to Osney Capital’s Fund 1 through its Enterprise Capital Funds programme. The Fund, which is oversubscribed from its original target of £50m, is the first UK-focused cyber specialist seed fund to focus exclusively on early-stage UK cyber security.

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Guarantee transaction of up to £100m with Cynergy Bank

Five years since the first Covid 19 lockdown, data from Start Up Loans shows there has been a surge in aspiring entrepreneurs taking out finance to bring their businesses to life.

The British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2024/25 report, published today, finds that challenger and specialist banks’ share of gross lending is the highest on record

The British Business Bank has agreed to use its ENABLE Guarantee programme to support a […]

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme saw a 9% rise in loan volumes […]

Since it was established in 2014, the British Business Bank has delivered more than £32bn […]

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Build transaction of up to £150m with […]

Start Up Loans today announces that it has provided over a thousand founders in Hampshire […]

British Business Bank CEO, Louis Taylor, has been awarded a CBE for services to Business […]

The British Business Bank has announced an increase to its ENABLE Funding commitment to Simply […]

The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has appointed Richard Bearman and Reinald […]

The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has appointed Leandros Kalisperas as its […]

Life sciences venture capital funds outperform the market for realised returns, while green tech investments […]

London-based investment firm Outward VC has announced the first closing at £51m of its Fund […]

Simply Asset Finance (Simply), the specialist business lending provider, has announced that it has been […]

Further details of the Growth Guarantee Scheme, the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme, are […]

The British Business Bank today publishes the first performance data for the third iteration of […]

The British Business Bank has appointed Kristen McLeod CBE as its new Chief Strategy Officer, […]

The British Business Bank has agreed a facility increase that will provide £29.4m of funding […]

The UK Government has taken an equity stake in the fast-growing real estate investment platform […]

The British Business Bank has launched an asset-based lending variant of the Recovery Loan Scheme. […]

The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has appointed Ian Connatty as its […]

The British Business Bank has agreed a £100m ENABLE Guarantee transaction with leading fintech Oxbury […]

The British Business Bank is launching its new £150 million Investment Fund for Scotland today […]

The Government has today announced the appointment of Stephen Welton CBE as the new Non-executive […]

Louis Taylor, CEO, British Business Bank, said: “The British Business Bank has continued to build […]

ThinCats, the leading alternative lender, has agreed a new warehouse facility with Citi and Barclays […]

The British Business Bank has appointed Karen Barnett as its new Chief People Officer, effective […]

The British Business Bank has appointed Esi Eshun OBE as its new General Counsel and […]

At today’s Mansion House speech, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt […]

The British Business Bank has appointed Chantal Geall as its new Chief Risk Officer (CRO), […]

The British Business Bank has agreed an initial £75m ENABLE Guarantee with Cynergy Bank. The […]

The British Business Bank today announced a Call for Proposals as part of the launch […]

Today the British Business Bank publishes a list of 30 additional companies in which the […]

The British Business Bank has agreed a £100m guarantee facility with specialist business lender Cambridge […]

Published today, the British Business Bank’s Small Business Finance Markets 2022/23 report shows £35.5bn of […]

LendInvest, the UK’s leading asset manager for property finance, announces a partnership with the British Business […]

The British Business Bank is on course to launch a £150 million investment fund this […]

Manchester-based FinTech solution provider, Nivo Solutions Limited (“Nivo”) has secured a £1 million investment from […]

The British Business Bank has appointed Edward Tellwright to the role of senior manager for […]

The British Business Bank has appointed Eilish Jamieson and Matthew Elderfield as Non-executive Directors (NEDs) […]

The British Business Bank’s second annual Nations and Regions Tracker, published today, finds usage of external finance […]

An independent economic evaluation of the Future Fund has found that it provided a lifeline […]

The British Business Bank has announced a new ENABLE Funding facility to Propel, one of […]

Today the British Business Bank announces that it has accredited a first batch of five […]

Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”) and part of the Northern Powerhouse […]

Concept Ventures (Concept), formerly known as RLC Ventures, has launched an oversubscribed £50m pre-seed fund […]

Louis Taylor has been appointed CEO of the British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development […]

Sure Valley Ventures, the founder-led Venture Capital (VC) firm that invests in high growth software […]

SuperSeed, a venture capital firm investing in the future of business automation, today announces it […]

Today, the British Business Bank announces an increase to business lender Simply’s existing ENABLE Funding […]

Latest British Business Bank market research finds that higher company valuations, combined with strong exit […]

ThinCats, a leading alternative lender, will utilise a guarantee provided by the British Business Bank’s […]

The Chancellor will today hail the economic importance of the UK’s world-leading technology sector as […]

The British Business Bank today announces a further £62.4m of financing to Shire Leasing under […]

Propel, one of the UK’s largest and fastest-growing independent asset finance providers, today announces two […]

Equity investment in the UK’s smaller businesses increased by 9% in 2020 to £8.8bn, the […]

United Trust Bank (UTB) has secured an ENABLE Build guarantee via the British Business Bank. […]

Following accreditation by the British Business Bank, Atom has today started to offer quotes on […]

The Recovery Loan Scheme, a new scheme to support access to finance for UK businesses […]

Today, the government published new statistics that show businesses across the UK have to date […]

Latest market analysis from the British Business Bank published today finds early stage venture capital […]

The National Audit Office (NAO) has today published its investigation into the government’s Covid-19 emergency […]

Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved BLG Development Finance, Conister, […]

Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved Allied Irish Bank (GB)/AIB […]

Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has accredited the Bank of India […]

Invocap has recently been approved by the British Business Bank as a new accredited lender under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

Catherine Lewis La Torre appointed Interim CEO from 1 September