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News, 29 Nov 10 — Finance Yorkshire aims to play a “pivotal role” in the Local Enterprise Partnerships, according to their new acting chief executive. Alex McWhirter has stepped-up to the top position from the Finance Yorkshire board, having helped to launch the…

News, 17 Nov 10 — Finance Yorkshire, the £90m Fund for growing businesses, has backed David Cameron’s plans to invest £200m in elite Technology and Innovation Centres. The Prime Minister unveiled plans to the CBI this week which will help commercialise world-class…

News, 17 Nov 10 — A Sheffield company’s promotion of a multi-million pound venture capital and loan fund has won Gold at the 2010 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire PRide Awards. HR Media received the accolade in the Corporate and Business Communications category for…

News, 08 Nov 10 — A Barnsley engineering firm is on the road to expansion after receiving a business loan from Finance Yorkshire. JGP Engineering Ltd, based in Wombwell, has received £50,000 from Yorkshire’s new £90m venture and capital loan fund to create a powder…

News, 28 Oct 10 — The Board of Finance Yorkshire is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex McWhirter as Acting Chief Executive of Finance Yorkshire with effect from 1 November 2010. Alex is currently Assistant Director of Business at Yorkshire Forward and is…

News, 25 Oct 10 — An electrical engineering firm in Rotherham is looking forward to a brighter future, thanks to a £25,000 business loan from Finance Yorkshire. VC Electronics is using the funding to complete a three-year business plan and launch a range of…

News, 20 Oct 10 — The new business growth fund, Finance Yorkshire, has announced the investment teams across Yorkshire and the Humber. The £90 million fund has three investment teams, Seedcorn Finance, Business Loans and Equity Linked Investments. The investment…

News, 18 Oct 10 — Business investment is an important tool to support growth and help drive economic growth in the region. At a time when finance and credit availability are being tightened, the first investments from Finance Yorkshire could not have come at a…

News, 14 Oct 10 — A South Yorkshire manufacturer looks set to enjoy a hot future after receiving loans totaling £90,000 to support its growth following the recession. Labfacility, based in Dinnington, is the largest producer of temperature sensors for the aerospace…

News, 30 Sep 10 — A Humberside electrical business is hoping to make connections with new businesses after securing a loan from Finance Yorkshire. Fibre optic specialist and data cabling installer, Electrastar Ltd, is addressing the national demand for high speed…

News, 08 Sep 10 — A new Sheffield start-up, named after a 19th century scientist, is ready to spark into life after becoming one of the first companies to receive an investment from Finance Yorkshire. Faradion, based at the Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus,…

News, 23 Aug 10 — Finance Yorkshire, the new £90m venture and capital loan fund, has made its first investments. The Fund, which became active only 10 days ago, has already lent a total of £215,000 to four companies across West and South Yorkshire. Fresh Pastures…

News, 09 Aug 10 — The new Yorkshire wide Fund for growing businesses, Finance Yorkshire, announces that it has now signed contracts with the Fund Managers responsible for investing the money, when the Fund starts investing in early August 2010 FSY, EV and NorthStar…

News, 04 Aug 10 — Finance Yorkshire has officially finalised the regional £90million fund for business growth. The venture capital and loan fund, which recently opened its office at the Capitol Business Park in Barnsley, can now commence investing in businesses…

News, 28 Jun 10 — Finance Yorkshire has officially opened their new headquarters in Barnsley. The venture capital and loan fund, which has £90million to support business growth across the Yorkshire and Humber region, has moved into the offices at the Capitol…

News, 26 May 10 — More than 4,000 entrepreneurs across the region received a helping hand from Finance Yorkshire recently, at the Business Link Enterprise Show 2010. The newly-launched fund exhibited at all four of the Enterprise events, which were held in…

News, 25 May 10 — Busines to business expo, BarnsleyWorks 2010, attracted hundrededs of local businessess to receive valuable support and advice. More than fifty companies took exhibition stands at the Barnsley Metrodome to promote their products and services –…

News, 06 Apr 10 — Finance Yorkshire has briefed more than one thousand business leaders and financial intermediaries across the region on how they can access the new £90m venture capital and loan fund. Successful launches were held in front of 1,100 people in Leeds,…

News, 13 Mar 10 — 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. Finance Yorkshire, supported by Yorkshire…

News, 25 Feb 10 — Yorkshire fund appoints key leaders for business growth Soon to be launched Finance Yorkshire has appointed its board of directors, with James Newman named as the company’s chairman. Mr Newman, originally from South Yorkshire, now living in York,…