Posts By: Finance For Enterprise

Finance For Enterprise secures £25m capital funding

Paula Foreman & Andrew Austwick | Finance for Enterprise

Finance For Enterprise, has successfully secured a capital injection of £25 million from Lloyds Bank and Big Society Capital (BSC) under the second phase of the Community Investment Enterprise Fund (CIEF).  This forms a part of a larger £62 million investment initiative aimed at facilitating access to finance for small businesses across England and Wales,

Double Appointment for Finance For Enterprise 

Neil Wade & Geoff Longden

Finance For Enterprise (FFE), based in Doncaster, has bolstered its business lending team following the appointment of Neil Wade and Geoff Longden as Business Lending Managers. Neil Wade joins the company as a Senior Business Lending Manager, bringing with him over 35 years of experience working for various high street banks. In his new role,

Donbac Social Return on Investment Study

Measuring the impact that our loans make is crucial to the success of Donbac. It makes a difference to our funders to know about the businesses we support, it helps attract further stakeholders and funders to allow us to continue to make loans. There is increasing recognition that we need better ways to account forRead more

Donbac WINS Local Enterprise Agency of the Year Award

At the 2013 National Enterprise Network awards held at the British Library, London, Donbac has been named the winner of ‘Local Enterprise Agency of the Year’ The awards recognise those members that have worked tirelessly and successfully to establish and maintain recognition and impact within their local communities over the last year. The award wasRead more

The Perfect Smile

Andy Fairbanks, with 11 years of experience working in dental laboratories and clinics, wanted to create a high quality service in a professional environment for clients to enjoy. In September 2011 he opened Fairbanks Dental Laboratories offering a wide range of services including crowns, veneers, bridges and implants.  His services also include ‘The Smile Clinic’,Read more

50% more business loans made to South Yorkshire companies compared to 2012!

From January to June 2013 Donbac has lent  50% more compared to 2012 and 100% more than 2011 Donbac’s Managing Director, Arthur Foreman said “All the businesses supported were unable to attract the funding they needed from the high street banks and by supporting them Donbac has unlocked the potential to sustain even more localRead more

25 Years Supporting Enterprise across South Yorkshire

2013 marked the silver anniversary as a director of Donbac for James Crowe James was presented with a pen set inscribed to mark the achievement. Donbac’s Chairman, Michael Shepherd who thanked him for his vision and commitment to the organization, particularly for the involvement in Donbac projects which have supported and developed “Enterprise in Education”Read more

Sitting on the sofa with Sugarcane

Sugarcane are a design agency based in Doncaster and Sheffield that have been providing local, regional and national businesses with design services for more than 8 years. A full service agency, providing Marketing strategy and planning, brand identity, logo design, marketing literature, web and app design, build and development, photography and video. Sugarcane approached DonbacRead more