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Restaurant booking app Ruffl gets its teeth into £1 million seed found

Toptable founder Karen Hanton and former OpenTable CEO for Europe David Pritchard are contributing to a £1 million seed round for Ruffl.

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Investment and loan-based crowdfunding subject to FCA regulation proposals

A consultation by the Financial Conduct Authority on investment-based crowdfunding has led to the proposal of a number of new rules.

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Demand driving forward Mazda engine output

Mazda is taking on fellow manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda as it looks to increase profits.

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Richard Branson joins forces with James Caan to launch start-up finance and advice programme

Virgin is partnering with the Start-Up Loans Company to crate a not-for-profit company aimed at helping British entrepreneurs.

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Funding Circle kicks off US operations following $37 million Series C

Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle is taking on the American market having been charged for growth through a deal led by Accel Partners.

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Surge in business creation results in SMEs contributing 48 per cent of private sector turnover

A total of 102,000 private sector businesses have been created during the last year in the UK.

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Faction Collective closes $3 million VC round and sets up residency in Shoreditch

Ski brand Faction Collective has raised its second major round of institutional finance through a deal led by Octopus Investments.

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Healthy population of businesses under 50 staff occupying Manchester’s MediaCityUK

The amount of businesses operating out of Manchester's MediaCityUK has moved beyond the 100 mark, new figures show.

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Faction Collective closes $3 million VC round and sets up residency in Shoreditch

Ski brand Faction Collective has raised its second major round of institutional finance through a deal led by Octopus Investments.

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Healthy population of businesses under 50 staff occupying Manchester’s MediaCityUK

The amount of businesses operating out of Manchester's MediaCityUK has moved beyond the 100 mark, new figures show.

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Fundraising follows September acquisition for Hydrodec

AIM-listed Hydrodec Group has raised £20 million to help pay down its debt.

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Unbound raises £1.2 million to fund growth of writers-based crowdfunding platform

A new crowdfunding platform which helps authors and publishers has secured £1.2 million of growth capital from investors including DFJ Esprit.

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Pinterest backer invests in online broadcaster SB.TV

An online youth broadcaster set up by a schoolboy in 2006 has received an undisclosed investment from Miroma Ventures.

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Azullo set to ramp up spend on advertising software product after securing new funding

Online advertising platform Azullo has closed its third institutional funding round by linking up with Enterprise Ventures.