Finance Yorkshire

Finance Yorkshire provides funding for small and medium-sized businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber, or those planning to move there. It has launched a new fund to help eligible firms expand, create jobs and improve productivity.

What Finance Yorkshire offers

• Loans — for start-ups and small businesses planning to scale up or take on staff, repaid over up to five years.
• Growth investment — capital for firms wanting to change their business model, spend on equipment, develop products or enter new markets.
• Seedcorn funding — for new or pre-revenue technology and knowledge-based companies.
• Case studies — examples of businesses it has backed.

Who it works with

SMEs located in or relocating to Yorkshire and the Humber, especially technology and knowledge-based firms and those with growth plans.

Key facts

• Region: Yorkshire and Humber
• Fund structure: Seedcorn and Growth Fund equity investments alongside larger and smaller loans
• Loan term: up to five years