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Business Growth Fund

Articles and news about BGF (formerly the Business Growth Fund), an investment company that provides growth capital for UK-based small and mid-sized businesses.

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Gym set up by former rugby player gets £5 million backing

The Business Growth Fund has added a low-cost gym offering to its growing portfolio through a £5 million transaction.

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Business Growth Fund capital used to fund acquisition activity for Welsh portfolio business

Venture capital-backed SHS Integrated Services has put its investment capital to use by acquiring Dixon Pentland Scaffolding Company.

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York Mailing uses part of £10 million Business Growth Fund investment to begin acquiring

New Business Growth Fund portfolio company York Mailing has followed up on its recent £10 million backing by acquiring The Lettershop Group.

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Business Growth Fund closes another £10 million investment

The Business Growth Fund has invested £10 million into printing business York Mailing, the fourth time it has injected that sum into a portfolio company.

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Entrepreneur of the Year Colin Stevens secures Business Growth Fund investment for Better Bathrooms business

The Business Growth Fund is supporting the creation of a possible 500 new jobs through its backing of Better Bathrooms.

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Dragons' Den reject Trunki packs up investment from Business Growth Fund

Children's luggage company Trunki has secured a £3.92 million investment from the bank-backed Business Growth Fund.

Growth Planning

Investment for business growth: Springfield Healthcare Group

Care home operator Springfield Healthcare Group has already begun to use its Business Growth Fund cash to get acquisitive. We find out how progress has been since the investment as part of an exclusive portfolio roundtable.

Venture Capital Funding

Investment for Business Growth – Deciding when and how to take on backing

Knowing the right time to take on an external investor was the question posed to four companies already backed by the Business Growth Fund.

Growth Planning

Investment for business growth: Cennox

Back in June 2012, ATM services business Cennox became the Business Growth Fund's 10th investment, at which point the company had already developed technology which was being used by the London cycle scheme to prevent card skimming.

News

Investment for business growth: GCI Com

With GCI Com one of the first three businesses backed by the Business Growth Fund, GrowthBusiness looks at why the company chose the funding route and how progress has been.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Investment for business growth video: How acquisitions can accelerate growth

As part of an exclusive roundtable hosted by GrowthBusiness, we speak to four Business Growth Fund investments to see how M&A is working now capital is on the table.

Alternative Finance for Business

The Business Growth Fund: Two years of operation in numbers

With two years having passed since the Business Growth Fund was backed by four of the UK's biggest high street banks, GrowthBusiness looks at what the firm has achieved.