Shaun Connell

8th January 2020

Eat, drink, play, repeat

A licensed board game café reaches the tipping point thanks to a £20,000 Start Up loan from BEF.

Shaun Connell

18th December 2019

Engineering controlled growth

Elland-based Control House is ready for growth thanks to funding from BEF.

Shaun Connell

17th December 2019

Yorkshire business support programme provides over £1m in grant funding

A Yorkshire business support programme has provided more than a million pounds in grant funding since its launch.

Shaun Connell

2nd December 2019

BEF celebrates 15 years of lending

BEF is celebrating 15 years of supporting businesses having reached a milestone lending figure of £70m.

Shaun Connell

11th November 2019

Designer watch brand dials in growth

Ellington Timepiece goes from strength to strength thanks to a £35k NPIF loan from BEF.

Shaun Connell

6th November 2019

NPIF investments in Cumbria reach £2m milestone

The £2m investment milestone in Cumbria supports eight ambitious, high-growth SMEs in the region with finance for growth.

Shaun Connell

5th November 2019

BEF launches in Manchester with two new staff and first client

Investment managers Steph Cooper and Tim Burt to head up BEF's first Northwest office.

Shaun Connell

1st November 2019

BEF are proud to be shortlisted in the 2019 National Enterprise Network Awards

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Enterprise Support Organisation of the Year (over £750k).

Shaun Connell

28th October 2019

Is Health and Safety Overdue an Overhaul?

In our latest guest blog, Jo Thompson, Sales and Marketing Director at CRAMS discusses a 21st century approach to Health and Safety management.

Ruth Sullivan

8th October 2019

Adding the Human Touch to a Digital Accountancy Practice

In this weeks guest blog we will be hearing from Jo Wood, Virtual FD.

Ruth Sullivan

4th October 2019

New wave of funding for seaweed farm

A Scarborough couple which has set up England’s first commercial seaweed farm is ready to set sail thanks to a £25k loan from the Business Enterprise Fund (BEF).

Shaun Connell

2nd October 2019

BEF helps learning mentor make her mark

Andrea Page helps young children find their inner mojo thanks to a Start Up loan from BEF.