Funding for Midlands businesses
Finance your growth plans in the Midlands with a business loan from £100,000 - £1.5m |
Loans between £100,000 - £1.5 million
Available to Midlands-based businesses
For business growth/job creation
No early repayment costs
Simple loans for growing businesses
Take the next step in your growth journey with Midlands Engine finance.
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) is a partnership between the British Business Bank and 10 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) based across the Midlands, created to provide business support and a funding boost to small business growth in the region. Maven is the appointed Fund Manager for MEIF Debt Finance.
The Fund can support established, cash generative companies based across the Midlands aiming to create jobs and contribute to the economy.
The funding available is:
- £50 million for businesses in the West Midlands
- £40 million for businesses in the East & South East Midlands.
Funding can help your company expand its operations, hire new staff, purchase machinery, manage working capital and grow customer reach.

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Small business in the Midlands?
MEIF Debt Finance can support companies based in:
West Midlands
- The Black Country
- Coventry & Warwickshire
- Greater Birmingham & Solihull
- The Marches
- Stoke & Staffordshire
- Worcestershire
East Midlands
- Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire (D2N2)
- South East Midlands
- Leicester & Leicestershire
- Greater Lincolnshire


Helping you grow your business
“As one of the UK’s most active SME finance providers, the team at Maven is delighted to be working with the British Business Bank to deliver the objectives of the MEIF. The Midlands has historically been a key driver of UK economic growth and a hotbed for innovative smaller businesses, and there remains a clear need for this type of funding to help growing SMEs fulfill their potential.”
Andrew Ferguson
Partner | Maven Capital Partners
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