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Speaking to a room of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and advisers, Business Growth Fund chief executive Stephen Welton said the fund should be judged in the long term.

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The Business Growth Fund has made its first Midlands investment through the £10 million backing of GCI Telecom Group.

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The government-backed Business Growth Fund (BGF) is expected to bring about direct competition with private equity firms, new findings show.

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Benefex, a provider of online employee reward and benefit schemes, is the first UK company to receive backing from the bank-backed Business Growth Fund, securing £4.2 million in growth capital.

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The Business Growth Fund, the £2.5 billion bank-backed fund, has already identified ten UK businesses that may receive growth capital investment in a first round of funding.