About

Anna is Senior Reporter, covering topics affecting SMEs such as grant funding, managing employees and the day-to-day running of a business.

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Rebecca Fitzgerald, founder of StrawberrySocial

StrawberrySocial founder Rebecca Fitzgerald defines what business success is for her and the challenges she faces with staffing

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business: Damon Bonser, CEO of British Design Fund

Damon Bonser, CEO of the British Design Fund, talks funding and the key challenges the company has faced since it launched

News

70% of GPs plan to invest outside their home country in the next year

An IPM survey shows that general partners are feeling good about the year ahead in the private equity market

News

AIB Group win two prizes at the Women in Finance Awards Ireland 2019

The Women in Finance Awards Ireland 2019, held at Clontarf Castle in Dublin, celebrated leading females in the industry

News

London businesses attract 77pc of all funding from US venture capitalists

Investors from the USA are putting almost twice as much money into UK-based businesses than they are into other European firms

Venture Capital Funding

Bibby Financial Services provides £5 million funding line to Aspray Group

Bibby Financial Services has provided a £5 million funding line to Aspray Group in order to drive business growth.

Growth Planning

Less than a quarter of British SMEs plan to expand beyond the UK

Small business owners blame lack of finance, inexperience and red tape equally for unwillingness to expand overseas

Venture Capital Funding

Beringea raises £64 million for venture capital trusts

Transatlantic venture capital firm, Beringea, has raised a record amount in funding for ProVen venture capital trusts.

Legislation and Regulation

Freelancers and gig workers are now entitled to payslips by law

As part of the government's Good Work Plan, employers and freelancers must get a payslip detailing the hours they've worked.

Growth Planning

Small business growth plans stall ahead of original Brexit date

The Federation of Small Businesses reveals that small businesses are stalling growth amid prolonged Brexit uncertainty.

News

Almost one in seven SME owners can’t pay staff due to cash flow issues

New research from QuickBooks shows the extent to which small business owners suffer from cash flow issues.

News

UK SMEs predict 25% sales growth in the next financial year

ew research from Skipton Business Finance says that UK SMEs across all sectors expect significant sales growth over the next financial year.