Swisher Blue, a specialist hygiene franchise company, has secured £25,000 in equity investment from Finance Yorkshire to purchase new products and ramp up marketing.
Oxyntix, a spinout from the Engineering Department of the University of Oxford, has closed an investment round of £1 million that will fund an 'ambitious' research programme.
HM Treasury has begun consulting on the future of seed and early-stage investment in the UK after the government announced reforms to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) in March's 2011 Budget.
HM Treasury has begun consulting on the future of seed and early-stage investment in the UK after the government announced reforms to the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) in March's 2011 Budget.
The cash holdings of venture capital trusts (VCTs) have increased for another year, with funds totalling £816 million for the 2010-11 tax year - a jump of more than 3.5 per cent on the year before, research reveals.
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