NatWest

The aspiration at NatWest is to help their customers, the communities they operate in and the economy to prosper.  NatWest understands that for businesses to thrive they need to develop partnerships. Their Business, Commercial and Corporate Banking Teams provide relationship based banking to a wide range of businesses from start ups to large corporates. They are helping people to explore enterprise, develop their skills and start up in business, whatever their background. They want to encourage more people, in more communities, to embrace an entrepreneurial culture and aim to help close the generational enterprise gap.

The Growth Company 

A not-for-profit, commercially driven organisation dedicated to economic development, inward investment, skills, employment and enterprise.

Our services promote, train, explore and advise to deliver tangible benefits for the communities and companies we work with.

The Growth Company have helped to generate hundreds of millions worth of investment and growth in the north-west, working in partnership with businesses and individuals to boost the economic prospects of people and place.

With demand for our services growing exponentially over the past decade, our remit’s been spread country-wide and while proud of our northern heritage, we decided it was time to better-reflect our national footprint and ethos of inclusive growth for all.

British Business Bank

The aim of the British Business Bank is to make finance markets work better for small businesses in the UK at all stages of their development: starting up, scaling up and staying ahead. The British Business Bank is 100% government owned, but independently managed.

It brings expertise and government money to the smaller business finance markets. We don’t lend or invest directly. Instead we work with over 80 partners such as banks, leasing companies, venture capital funds and web-based platforms to unlock up to £10 billion of new finance and bring greater choice and information on finance options to smaller businesses. 

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UKBAA

The UK Business Angels Association is the national trade association representing angel and early stage investment in the UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). It has superseded the BBAA and was re-launched in its new strengthened role in July 2012. Each year private investors account for between £800 million and £1 billion of early stage investment in the UK – the single largest source of early stage capital in this country.

Coutts

Coutts has a world-renowned reputation for a personal approach to private banking and wealth management. For over three centuries, we have perfected exceptional service. With an unrivalled appreciation of the intricacies of wealth, we understand both the subtlety and the complexity of the lives our clients lead.

EY

EY is committed to building a better working world — with increased trust and confidence in business, sustainable growth, development of talent in all its forms, and greater collaboration, delivering exceptional client service across their four service lines – Assurance, Tax, Advisory and Transaction Advisory Services.