Growth Planning

What is Newable and how can it help grow my business?

Newable may be the best-kept secret supporting British SMEs, offering premises, advice and finance to help grow your business

News

Deliveroo, Costa and Brewdog are UK’s fastest-growing brands

Disruptors Deliveroo, Brewdog and Ocado make the top five fastest-growing brands in Britain, according to survey

Funding

Government launches Business Finance Council to help small businesses

Business secretary Andrea Leadsom will co-chair Business Finance Council to help small business access working capital and investment in post-Brexit Britain

Venture Capital Funding

British Business Bank puts €100m into European VC fund of funds

British Business Bank supports €300m fundraise by US financier Top Tier to create European fund-of-funds for tech and healthcare

Venture Capital Funding

Europe raises record-breaking €10.6bn of venture capital in first half 2019

Total amount of venture capital for European companies up 61pc in H1 2019 but deal volume drops by 7pc as investors back later-stage companies,

Alternative Finance for Business

ThinCats to lend £400m to growth companies by end-2020

ThinCats, the growth business lender, targets scale-ups it feels are ignored by other lenders including high-street banks and fintechs

News

OakNorth boss calls for ‘unicorn visa’ to attract foreign talent

Rishi Khosla, CEO of OakNorth, has urged ministers to launch a fast-track visa for overseas talent to join the UK’s fastest-growing tech disruptors

Growth Planning

Everything you need to know about doing business in Belarus

What are the benefits of doing business in Belarus? And how do you get started? Andrew Ross explains how to set up a company in one of the former Soviet Union’s fastest-growing economies

Venture Capital Funding

Venture capital funding hits £4.3bn record high spurred by tech investment

Venture capital funding hits record £4.3bn during first six months of 2019 driven by hunger for technology investments

Alternative Finance for Business

Four fintechs share £40m funding pot to boost small business finance

Iwoca, Atom Bank, Currencycloud and Modulr all pledge to address £10bn funding gap for small business trying to raise finance

Exit Strategies

How to sell your small business through a broker

Thinking of making an exit but looking for some professional help? Here's our guide on how to sell your small business through a specialist broker.

Funding

Venture capital doesn’t work, says chief executive of BGF

Stephen Welton, who runs the UK’s busiest investment vehicle, Business Growth Fund, says VC funding is too hit-and-miss