Case Studies

AS Design North East's new recruit Josh Cockburn with (back, from left) colleagues Alan Sawyers and Nathan Cockburn

Ambitious Northumberland design firm trades up to larger offices

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies, Small Loan Fund on July 23, 2024

The new offices, which are more than 50 per cent bigger than the company’s previous home, provide the business with the room it needs to expand the range of services it can offer and accommodate the new recruits who will deliver them.

Helen Wilkinson, Managing Director at Talk Works (left), with Susan Snowdon, Investment Executive at NEL Fund Managers

Talk Works marks tenth anniversary with twin business and environmental landmarks

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies, Small Loan Fund on May 30, 2024

A specialist North East mental health consultancy has marked its tenth anniversary by securing a new partnership with a national business organisation and a top-level environmental certification.

Jane Siddle of NEL Fund Managers (left) with James Riley of G&B Civil Engineering

G&B Civil Engineering focused on sustainable growth after North East Fund investment exit

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies, Growth Capital Fund on May 21, 2024

A thriving North East civil engineering firm is aiming to build sustainably on the growth it has secured over the last four years after successfully exiting its second North East Fund investment agreement.

YourFilm scripting next chapter of growth story after early exit from NEL investment

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies on March 24, 2022

A successful North East video production company is scripting the next chapter of its growth story after exiting a five-figure investment from the North East Small Loan Fund Supported By The European Regional Development Fund ahead of schedule. YourFilm produces TV commercials, promotional videos and training films for a […]

NEL investments key to Maxim’s success

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies on March 8, 2022

Maxim Facilities Management has been working with the North East’s most active business investor, NEL Fund Managers, since 2013 as a key strand of its continuing growth strategy. NEL provides tailored funding solutions to ambitious small and medium-sized businesses right across North East England, and since being set […]

South Tyneside based HR Dept makes successful exit from first ever North East Small Loan Fund investment

HR Dept makes successful exit from first ever Small Loan Fund investment

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies on August 25, 2020

A South Tyneside-based business support specialist is looking to a brighter future after successfully completing its investment agreement with regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers. The HR Dept Newcastle works with expanding companies across South Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead which don’t yet have their own senior in-house […]

Patrick Parsons praises NEL investment impact as it plans next stages of growth

Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Case Studies on January 10, 2018

A thriving North East consulting engineering business has praised the impact on its development of its decade-long relationship with regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers after exiting its final investment agreement with them. Newcastle-headquartered Patrick Parsons Consulting Engineering worked with NEL in 2011 to secure a £250,000 […]