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Success Stories

Hear how other UK businesses have used external finance to help reach their goals

Keep reading to hear from just a handful of the smaller businesses funded through our partners, with the support of British Business Investments’ programmes.

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Class 1 Vehicle Hire

Class 1 Vehicle Hire Ltd is an independent family vehicle and van hire company based in Larbert, near Falkirk, Scotland. It supplies vehicles on a daily, weekly, and monthly rental basis and has a fleet of nearly 300 vehicles.

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Laird London

In 2009, Alex and Zofia Torun-Shaw were looking for a creative, niche retail business to begin. It was a good time to get into retail; the financial crisis meant that you could get preferential terms and long leases at low prices. The idea of a hat shop was almost on a whim, but it fitted – so to speak.