Case Studies

Working capital injection gives The Hybrid Academy a sporting chance.

– Community Finance Ireland delivers £5.1 million of support in Antrim since 2016 – A Carrickfergus-based sport and leisurewear company, founded by two friends during the pandemic, is the latest Co Antrim company to...

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Big and Small Wheels Turning at Gorilla Karts with Support from Northern Ireland Small Business Loan Fund

NI Small Business Loan Fund makes £2.3 million available to Co Tyrone businesses. Cookstown-based go-kart and e-scooter retailer, Gorilla Karts, is one of 84 companies in Co Tyrone to be supported by the Northern Ireland Small...

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Lisburn Dance Academy goes from just 20 dancers in a church hall in 2017 to around 350 weekly dancers at the new studio, thanks to funding success

Originally located in a church hall, the dance school moved to a studio later that year to accommodate increasing demand. Funding provided by the Northern Ireland Small Business Loan Fund allowed Active Dansa to...

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Co Antrim Martin Hurls towards success with Northern Ireland Small Business Loan Fund

NI Small Business Loan Fund makes over £4 million available to Co. Antrim businesses Randalstown-based sporting goods manufacturer, Martin Hurls, is one of 191 companies in Co Antrim to avail of support from the...

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Glamping Business Builds On Success With NI Small Business Loan Fund

Mournes-based family business, Willowtree Glamping, is one of 98 companies in Co Down to avail of support from the Northern Ireland Small Business Loan Fund since 2013, making the total allocated to businesses in...

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Tom and Ollies All Island Growth supported by NI Small Business Loan Fund

NI Small Business Loan Fund makes £4.3 million available to Co Antrim businesses Belfast-based artisan food production company Tom & Ollie is one of 191 companies in Co Antrim to avail of support from the...

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Business loan supports ‘New Generation’ of agri-food business in County Tyrone

Dungannon based agri food company New Generation Agriculture Ltd is one of 78 companies in Tyrone to avail of working capital finance funding from the Northern Ireland Small Business Loan Fund. The Fund is...

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Business loan gives Fermanagh timber company ‘stepping stone’ to growth

Stepping Stone Timber Products Ltd is a family run business established in 1997 which produces and supplies firewood & kindling products to customers throughout the UK and Ireland including Hendersons, Lidl and Home Bargains. ...

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Quintess Denta Gets a New Direction through the Pandemic

Quintess Denta is a distribution company for the dental sector, established in 2008 as a dental handpiece repair business.  Based in Irvinestown, it employees twelve people and has a sister company, Quoris 3D which...

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