Exclusive: British Business Bank to back UK scaleups with £400m per year
THE SO WHAT
A predictable £400m/year from the British Business Bank tilts the UK stack toward later-stage capital rather than just seed accelerants. If you’re a UK scaleup, this is the moment to align your growth plan and governance with quasi-sovereign LP expectations—cheap capital, but with policy strings.
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