Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, says it has delivered more than £140 million of loans to UK entrepreneurs aged 50+ since its inception in 2012. Of these loans, more than £1.6 million has gone to business owners over the age of 50 in Northern Ireland, where 168 loans have been issued at an average amount of just over £9,500. More than £635,000 - close to 40% of the overall total - has been delivered to over 50s entrepreneurs in the north since the first Covid