We value the diversity of businesses that we support and are committed to doing everything in our power to help them flourish and grow.

Aligned with our ESG strategy, we support major DEI initiatives in the Venture Capital industry and set market standards for our delivery partners. And, to reflect our external ambition internally, we have a progressive DEI strategy focused on creating a workplace where everybody feels included and supported, where diversity is celebrated, and all colleagues can be their true selves at work.

The Race at Work Charter

To reflect our external ambition internally, BBB signed the Race at Work Charter in March 2021. Building on the work of the 2017 McGregor-Smith Review, the Race at Work Charter is a public commitment to improving the experiences of Black, Asian and ethnic-minority employees in the workplace. It sets out five actions for signatories to take:

1. Appointing an executive sponsor for race
2. Capturing data and publicising progress
3. Ensuring zero tolerance of harassment and bullying
4. Making equality in the workplace the responsibility of all leaders and managers
5. Taking action that supports ethnic-minority career progression

Investing in Women Code

The British Business Bank was a founding signatory of the Investing in Women Code and our commercial subsidiary British Patient Capital was one of the first institutional investors to sign up to the Code.

The Investing in Women Code is a commitment to enhance female entrepreneurship in the UK by improving their access to tools, resources, and finance.

Learn more about how as an organisation, British Business Bank is committed to upholding this code:

Learn more about the Investing In Women Code

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in recruitment

We strive to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to bringing on board, developing, and retaining individuals who can help us meet our strategic goals.

In order to ensure a diverse workplace where talent is celebrated and colleagues have the resources to pursue their own development, we have rolled out a range of policies and programmes.

We are always looking for ways to strengthen these policies and programmes further wherever we can.

Learn more Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Research

Core to the Bank’s mission is making finance markets work better for all smaller businesses in the UK.

Here are just some of the pieces of research we have done into diversity and representation within finance:

HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter

In September 2018, the British Business Bank signed the Women in Finance Charter, and committed to publishing a yearly update on the progress we’ve made in fulfilling our commitments under the charter.