Exit Strategies

How to sell your company before any CGT hike in April

Rishi Sunak is debating whether to double CGT rates from 20 per cent to 40 per cent in next year’s Budget. Does that mean you should sell your business now?

Alternative Finance for Business

Top 20 CBILS lenders and what they charge in interest

Growth Business contacted 20 coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS) lenders and asked them what they will charge in interest

Venture Capital Funding

How to improve your pitch deck #5 – Love Ocean

For Anthony Rose, every slide deck tells a story. He shows Gabi Jennings of kids bubble bath brand Love Ocean how to punch up her deck for maximum impact

Venture Capital Funding

How to improve your pitch deck #4 – Nua x Design

How to improve your pitch deck #4. SeedLegals CEO Anthony Rose offers advice on punching up the pitch deck of online interior design service Nua x Design

Alternative Finance for Business

SFC set to invest £11m in early stage start-ups this year

Angel fund says its investors are keener than ever to support Britain’s newborn start-ups – in the hope they grow into unicorns

News

Call for digital adoption fund to boost small business productivity

Tech start-ups call for a Singapore-style fund to help small businesses cover the cost of upgrading digital solutions, boosting the UK’s woeful productivity

Venture Capital Funding

How to improve your pitch deck #3 – Axana

How to improve your pitch deck #3. SeedLegals CEO Anthony Rose offers advice on punching up the pitch deck of social media platform Axana

Venture Capital Funding

How to improve your pitch deck #2 – Holm

Welcome to SeedLegals pitch deck clinic #2. SeedLegals CEO Anthony Rose punches up the pitch deck for Manchester-based in-home care provider Holm

Venture Capital Funding

How to improve your pitch deck #1 – MeasureMatch

Welcome to SeedLegals pitch deck clinic #1. SeedLegals CEO Anthony Rose punches up the pitch deck for professional services platform MeasureMatch

News

Supernode Global rebrands with £28m fund for mediatech start-ups

Rebranded VC plans to make eight early stage seed investments per year in early stage media technology companies

News

Over 1,000 tech start-ups have gone bust since lockdown

Sharp acceleration in number of high-growth businesses filing for bankruptcy as short-term effects of government Covid-19 support wear off.

Venture Capital Funding

Founders need to think bigger, says VC Draper Esprit

Founders approaching venture capital need to think of the largest possible market for their solution, says Draper Esprit managing partner