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FFE Employee supports fundraising drive for Guide Dogs  

FFE Employee supports fundraising drive for Guide Dogs  

Did you know our Senior Business Lending Manager, Neil Wade, has a soft spot for furry, four-legged friends?  Neil is a dedicated Puppy Raiser for Guide Dogs UK, a role where he and his family provide a young puppy with the essential foundation for its future as a guide dog. Over 12-14 months, they help the

Finance For Enterprise Supports Special Needs School Expansion

Finance For Enterprise Supports Special Needs School Expansion

Finance For Enterprise recently completed a £250,000 loan to Active Wellbeing School based in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. The loan allowed the school to open an additional building, meaning that the business can take on a new influx of students. As a result of the loan, the school now has over 45 children that receive high quality

Everything you need to know about the Growth Guarantee Scheme

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The successor scheme to the Recovery Loan Scheme, The Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) launched in July 2024 and is designed to support access to finance for UK small businesses as they look to invest and grow. Growth Guarantee Scheme-backed facilities are provided at the discretion of Finance For Enterprise. We are required to undertake our

FFE funds £80k Post Office refurbishment

FFE funds £80k Post Office refurbishment

South Yorkshire-based Finance For Enterprise (FFE) has delivered an £80,000 business loan to fund the refurbishment of the Station Rd Post Office in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Since purchasing the Station Road Post Office, owner, Mr. Balachandran has steadily grown, improved and expanded the business to now cover two sites and employ 5 staff. He found out about Finance For

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,

The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme Explained

In March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced several new measures designed to support businesses during the current Coronavirus lockdown.  This included the launch of a new Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. Sometimes referred to as CBILS, the loan programme was developed to encourage lenders to make funds available to businesses facing cashflow problems as a resultRead more