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North East Businesses Set to Benefit as Regional Growth Fund Given £4m Extension
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in NEL News & Insights on April 12, 2016
Ambitious regional businesses are being invited to make their bids for an investment from a new £4m extension to the Finance For Business North East Growth Fund. Run by regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers, the Growth Fund is a general investment fund aimed at businesses at […]
NEL Fund Managers Helping Property Repair Firm Build for the Future
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on April 7, 2016
A North East firm which manages home emergency property insurance claims is aiming to win more, bigger and better contracts after putting expansion plans into action with the help of new outside investment. Preferred Management Solutions Ltd (PMS) is a full-service reactive maintenance and building services company, and […]
Apprenticeships Make Perfect Business Sense
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on March 14, 2016
We’ve all heard plenty on the governments push for SMEs to take on apprentices. It makes sense of course – allowing smaller businesses to increase their workforce at minimal cost, whilst in turn reducing the overall unemployment rate of young people. Yet, from our conversations with some of […]
ID Partnership Exits Growth Fund Investment with Plans to Build for the Future
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on February 23, 2016
A long-standing North East architecture practice has praised the impact of outside capital on the speed and breadth of its development after completing the investment period. In 2012, The ID Partnership-northern worked with regional fund management firm NEL Fund Managers to bring in a £150,000 investment from the […]
Lonely at the Top?
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on February 22, 2016
It is often said in business that it’s lonely at the top. At NEL, we often talk to businesses that have one or two directors who founded a company and have grown it by trying to do as much as possible themselves. As the business grows they find […]
Growth Fund Investments Pass £25M Landmark
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in NEL News & Insights on February 2, 2016
After providing around £5m of development capital to regional businesses during 2015, the total value of investments made by fund management firm NEL Fund Managers from the Finance for Business North East Growth Fund has now passed the £25m mark. Since the fund launched in early 2010, NEL […]
ATAG Ties Up Second Growth Fund Investment to Support New Service Development
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on January 26, 2016
A County Durham cable manufacturer is putting expansion plans into action with the help of a second investment from the Finance For Business North East Growth Fund after turning a threat to the company into an opportunity. ATAG Cable Solutions designs, manufactures, tests and supplies a wide range […]
Mighty Business Oaks Grow from Small Acorns
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on November 26, 2015
The Journal’s recent 2015 North East Business Executive of the Year Awards dinner brought together a stellar cast of regional business luminaries who are driving the commercial success of many of our best-known firms. They are responsible for the employment of many hundreds, if not thousands, of people […]
Formula Plastics Exits Successful NEL Investment with Eye on Further Growth
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on November 13, 2015
A County Durham injection moulding firm is aiming for further expansion after more than doubling its turnover through the five-year term of a Finance for Business North East Growth Fund investment. Formula Plastics manufactures a range of components which are used in vehicles made by some of the […]
Exporting for Growth
Uploaded by Suzanne Smith in Recent Investments on November 2, 2015
As businesses continue to strive towards expansion, and especially now that we have the technology in place to allow ease of communications across the globe, now is a great time to look towards developing, or extending upon, your exporting strategy. As it stands, the North East is leading […]