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Growth Guarantee Scheme

The Growth Guarantee Scheme is a loan of up to £2,000,000 for UK smaller businesses to invest and grow, available through accredited lenders. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by British Business Bank

Last read from growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk on 24 Oct 2026.

Government-backed guarantee scheme supporting access to finance for UK smaller businesses to invest and grow, with up to £2m per business group available through accredited lenders.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £2,000,000

Whole fund: £500,000,000, shared between applicants

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK smaller businesses with turnover up to £45m (on a group basis); borrower must be carrying out trading activity in the UK and, for most businesses, generating more than 50% of income from trading activity. Access only through accredited lenders.

Not confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Apply through one of the accredited lenders; visit the British Business Bank website to find accredited lenders in your region and search for the type of finance you need.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Minimum facility size of £25,001 for term loans and overdrafts may exclude some micro businesses; interest rates and fees vary by lender and proposal

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Last read from growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk on 24 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 14 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 14 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with British Business Bank before you apply.

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