Insider Media reports that Co-Fund portfolio company Boatyard Distillery has secured a £100,000 loan from the Growth Loan Fund. The funds will be used to purchase two additional stills to increase the distillery’s productivity. Boatyard produces spirits including gin and vodka on the shore of Lough Erne.

How private investment can accelerate Northern Ireland’s ambition
Armagh-based, female-founded tech start-up, Needi, has raised just under £900,000 in a new funding round. Pictured are Needi’s co-founder Louise Doyle (right), with British Business Bank senior investment manager Sue Barnard (left) and Claudine Owens from Clarendon Fund Managers.
