£20m milestone
Whiterock Finance has reached the milestone of lending £20 million to businesses in Northern Ireland across its two funds – Growth Loan Fund II and the Growth Finance Fund.
The Funds have supported 28 businesses in the last two years, helping them to create more than 700 jobs across Northern Ireland
LINENMILL STUDIOS
Linen Mill Studios has secured £3.5m of funding through Whiterock Finance’s Growth Finance Fund and Growth Loan Fund II towards the cost of its landmark new Game of Thrones Studio Tour visitor attraction.
Linen Mill Studios has received planning permission for construction of the Game of Thrones Studio Tour
Cirdan
Cirdan Imaging Ltd (Cirdan), a medical informatics and imaging technology company in Lisburn has received a £1.5m funding boost from the Growth Finance Fund, it was announced today. Cirdan plans to create 50 new jobs over the next three years and has used the funding to facilitate its expansion plans with a move to a new office at the former Coca-Cola factory in Lambeg.
GLFII FUND LAUNCH
The loan fund will support SMEs in Northern Ireland with growth potential. Invest Northern Ireland has launched the Growth Loan Fund II, a £30m fund to support SMEs in Northern Ireland with growth potential.
The Fund is a successor to the Growth Loan Fund set up in 2012 which committed £55m to more than 100 businesses.
£40m milestone
A fund set up to support the growth of SMEs announced today that it has lent more than £40m to businesses in Northern Ireland.
Firms from a refrigeration company in Co Tyrone to a skin clinic in Belfast have benefited from the support of the Growth Loan Fund.