BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC

British Business Bank plc (BBB) is a British state-owned economic development bank established by the UK Government. The British Business Bank is the UK's economic development bank. Our mission is to drive sustainable growth and prosperity across the UK. We're independent experts in small business finance and we work with a broad range of partners to offer impartial guidance to businesses like yours. The Growth Guarantee Scheme is designed to support access to finance for UK smaller businesses as they look to invest and grow, and was launched with accredited lenders on 1st July 2024. The Long-term Investment for Technology and Science (LIFTS) initiative seeks proposals from industry for the establishment of new funds or investment structures to crowd in UK institutional investment, particularly Defined Contribution (DC) pension funds, to support the growth and ambitions of the UK’s most innovative science and technology companies.