Business: Investment
Commons · Question 4751 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to scale-up finance for employee-owned businesses.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 8 Jun 2026
We are improving access to scale-up finance for UK businesses, including the growing number of employee-owned businesses, through the British Business Bank (BBB). In November, we agreed the BBB’s five-year plan, which sets out how it will focus on scale-u...