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Alternative Finance for Business

Funding Circle urged to tighten lending criteria to small businesses

Small businesses that find borrowing money hard will find it even harder, as Funding Circle restricts credit

Banking

HSBC launches Green Loans aimed at small businesses

HSBC offers Green Loans in excess of £300,000 to small businesses that want to invest in sustainability or show how green they are

Entrepreneurs

Huib van Bockel, founder Tenzing – ‘My wife became my first investor’

Huib van Bockel quit his high-profile job as head of marketing for Red Bull to create his own natural energy drink, Tenzing. Four years on and Tenzing is expected to hit £6m in turnover this year. His advice for any start-up is to keep it do-it-yourself for as long as possible

Venture Capital Funding

Superstar scientist fund Ahren closes over £200m to invest in tech startups

Ahren has assembled brains trust to advise science fund whose investors include Sky, Aviva and Unilever

News

Lord Alan Sugar does not see how UK can leave EU on no-deal

Lord Sugar pours cold water on Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson’s talk of quitting EU ‘come what may’.

News

1,000 fastest growing companies double average revenue over 3 years

Between them, the UK's 1,000 most dynamic SMEs have collectively generated almost 96,000 jobs over the past couple of years

Entrepreneurs

Top 9 women founders leading the UK’s high-growth UK scale-ups

With female entrepreneurs overlooked by venture capitalists, the UKBAA nominates its top 9 women founders of high-growth businesses

Alternative Finance for Business

Duke Royalty plans to double investment activity over coming year

Duke Royalty brings royalty finance concept to Britain, investing millions in established SMEs in exchange of share of revenue

Venture Capital Funding

How to pitch to a venture capitalist – a Growth Business guide

A Growth Business guide to what VCs are looking for, preparing for a pitch, and how to behave in that crucial first meeting

Venture Capital Funding

Playfair Capital Chris Smith Q&A – ‘This stage of investment is an art’

Seed investment fund Playfair Capital explains what it looks for in start-ups, its new focus on Deep Tech, and what to avoid when pitching to a VC

Banking

Jane Galvin, HSBC UK head of corporate banking – Q&A

HSBC has positioned itself as the international bank for scale-ups that want to expand overseas. HSBC UK head of corporate banking Jane Galvin sees her role as much wider than just being a corporate financier

Venture Capital Funding

Crane VC fund for data-driven European startups raises $90m

New London-based fund aimed at startups harnessing data to provides solutions for business