South Yorkshire Investment Fund

read moreSYIF offered business finance to South Yorkshire-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with business mentoring and management support through our Mentorbank scheme. SYIF is coming to an end after nine years of investments in South Yorkshire businesses, with the new regional wide Finance Yorkshire now taking on responsibility for making money available to companies. Minister for Regional Economic Development and Coordination, Rosie Winterton, has launched a new 90 million venture capital and loan fund which will boost business growth in Yorkshire and the Humber.

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read moreThe Fund backed suitable businesses through critical stages of growth from start-up through to major expansion, management buy-outs, management buy-ins and turnarounds. An integral part of the way the Fund helped businesses was through Money with Management, which provided mentoring support to help management teams grow their businesses. We helped by introducing mentors or non executive directors from our Mentorbank database who gave invaluable help and advice. Finance Yorkshire has now taken on responsibility for providing gap finance in Yorkshire and the Humber.