News

Random investment in startups performs better than Dragons’ Den

Research puts venture capitalists in a dim light, as spreading investments gets better returns than choosing growth companies

Alternative Finance for Business

Norah Coelho of PayPal Q&A: ‘Getting access to finance is incredibly important’

PayPal Working Capital has seen a 60 per cent spike in UK small business lending year-on-year. Norah Coelho tells growth Business how it works.

Technology

5 easy tech wins to improve SME productivity

We show you five simple things that you can do to let your office tech turbocharge your business productivity.

Alternative Finance for Business

Rishi Khosla of OakNorth – ‘Scale-up businesses are totally underserved’

Rishi Khosla, CEO of OakNorth, explains why high-street banks are failing the growth business sector

Alternative Finance for Business

Loans offered by flagship SME lender fall to record low

Enterprise Finance Guarantee offers just £55.6 million to SMEs

Funding

Softbank unveils £385m Softbank Acceleration Fund

Startup fund could launch next month with offices around the world

Uncategorized

Win £500 of Amazon vouchers – Growth Business productivity survey

Help Growth Business identify barriers holding British business back

News

Government supports call for female-focused investment funds

Women receive less funding at every stage of their business growth journey, says Treasury review

Entrepreneurs

Sahar Hashemi Q&A – ‘Scale-ups need to step onto the podium’

Coffee Republic co-founder believes government needs to pay just as much to scale-ups as flashy startups

Alternative Finance for Business

PayPal lends £1bn to UK businesses through cash advance scheme

Internet payments giant says 20% of loans have been made to entrepreneurs growing their businesses

Entrepreneurs

How I’ve grown my business – Lana Elie, founder Floom

Floom has turned the traditional online florist model on its head, enabling indie florists to show off their creativity and what they have in stock. It expects to make £5m in sales in 2019. Now it’s moving into creating websites for florists

Venture Capital Funding

If you want to raise money, call yourself an AI company

Median funding round for an AI start-up is about 15% higher than for other software companies - research