Melanie Ellyard

Helping SMEs access #finance to #startup #scaleup #grow. Ambassador of #Diversity #Inclusion #BAME #FemaleFounders #BAMEfounders #STEM #Tech #Unmute 🔊🙋🏿‍♀️

[British Business Bank @BritishBBank]

📢 Out today, the interim evaluation report of our Enterprise Capital Funds programme finds it had significant impact on business growth 📈

Find out more: https://t.co/M8nN9WTHrh #BBBECF

[Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund 🧭 @NPIFBBB]

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund completed one deal for every working day in 2021 👏

With £295m invested over thousands of small businesses, since its inception in 2017, the Fund completed over 1,200 deals in 2021 💥

📲 https://t.co/rZVk9drdut

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

@SteveWLeeds @SteveWLeeds it was a privilege... looking forward to supporting TCD 2022 and contributing to the Steering Group. Stay safe 🙏🏽

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

📢📢📢 #Unmute on #diversity and #entrepreneurship 2022!
🔄 Share with your networks 🙋🏿👇🏾👇🏾

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

@Include_Me_UK @BritishBBank @daneile_moore @colinglassWGN @StuartClarkeUK @sarah_hex @SarahTulip @femalemagik @Fidgeridoo @LeedsDigiFest @Mercia_PLC @eagle_labs Mel

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

🪞 A time for reflection 🪞
“I was scared to come today, I didn’t know what to expect but it’s been a great Christmas, chilled, I’ve not had a Christmas like this before. It’s been a family Christmas”, one of the guests told #TCD team 💚🙏🏽💚#TheChristmasDinner #TCD #CareLeavers

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

@mhdksafa A very Merry Christmas to you and yours Mohamad, from me and mine 🌲❄❄❄🌲 Peace, love and happiness however you are celebrating 🙏🏽

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

💚🍲 #TheChristmasDinner, #Leeds 🍲💚

Today I understood exactly why @lemnsissay created #TCD! Giving Christmases back!

The #volunteer team, and all supporters of TCD, did an amazing job - so proud 🙏🏽

#Christma #Charity #kindness #CareLeavers #Diversity #inclusive

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

🎄💚🎄It's beginning to look a lot like #Christmas🎄 #Volunteers worked like Santa's elves:
🥕 Veg peeled
🎁 Gifts wrapped
🎄 4 trees decorated
🎅 Christmas spirit in full force
Well done @TCDLeeds
#TCD #TheChristmasDinner #Leeds #ChristmasEve #CareLeavers @lemnsissay #Diversity

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

💚Proud to be volunteering for @TCDLeeds over Christmas 💚
For the last 5 years, The Care Leavers Christmas Dinner ensured 50 young people have a day to remember - with food, gifts & friends. I will be supporting through 2022, so get in touch to help 📮📩☎️📢
@lemnsissay

[Mercia Asset Management PLC @Mercia_PLC]

♻️ Mercia-backed @NovaPangaea has been awarded funding to help develop fuel for a government-backed scheme to create a plane powered by liquid hydrogen.

The FlyZero project is in conjunction with @UKAeroInstitute and @alfanar_company.

Read more ⬇️

#FlyZero #Sustainability

[Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund 🧭 @NPIFBBB]

Today our #12DealsofXmas begins!🎄Over the next 12 days, we will highlight 12 NPIF deals from across our 10 LEP areas ☃️

In March, Malton-based piemaker @Yorkspudpieco took home a £150,000 investment, helping to double its workforce🥧

📲 https://t.co/ZyNa7zljE0

[Simon Green @SimonGreenNcl]

Find out about the funding available @NPIFBBB for Tees Valley businesses at #GrowTeesValley today with @EdgeUKTeam @TeessideUni @TeesValley_Biz

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

@beno13 @LSLocalTV @Welcome2Yorks @LeedsDigiFest @sarah_hex @daneile_moore @HeatherNiven @zandramoore @georgiahalston Leeds City Station has spoken... 🎄 is here! It's the law 👮🏽‍♀️🤶💪🏾

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

🎄🎁🎅 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 😱
#leeds #Christmas #platform #november

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

🚍 Final stop #Leeds | #North tour | @GS10KSmallBiz & @BritishBBank 🚍

#10KSBUK #MoneyMatters: #SmallBiz event had a FULL house. Enjoyed discussing #AccessToFinance & meeting talented #GS10KSB alumni and speakers 👏🏽
#Entrepreneur #bethebestyoucanbe #growth #finance #innovation

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

🎯Great Northern Conference #Sheffield🎯 Great session on grow for companies across the North with @kcooper1001, @BritishBBank and info on @NPIFBBB NPIF2...the newly announced £660m fund for Northern #SMEs💪🏾 https://t.co/l0M3z5fHfx
#business #economy #growth #smefinance #OneNorth

[Melanie Ellyard @MelEllyard]

♻️👣 Check out #BBB report highlighting the crucial role #SmallBiz can play in driving the changes required to transition to a #netzero economy by reducing their #carbonfootprint 👣♻️
👀Report 👉 https://t.co/GQWH95YF6G

#COP26 #TogetherForOurPlanet #SmallBizNetZero @BritishBBank

[Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund 🧭 @NPIFBBB]

🤝Manchester-based @RwHealth has secured a £3.25m investment, in round of funding led by NPIF - Maven Equity Finance (@Maven_CP)

👨‍⚕️Investment will allow the health company to set-up a new clinical research team, creating new jobs across the North ✅

https://t.co/abBvqCjO65

[British Business Bank @BritishBBank]

@DynamoMotor @TfL @MidsEngInv @Maven_CP .@NovaPangaea has developed a new way to generate fuel and chemicals from waste biomass such as waste timber or straw ⛽♻️

They secured a further £2.3m investment from @NPIFBBB via @Mercia_PLC to commercialise their technology.

Find out more here 👉 https://t.co/JPhr9JcYzq