Venture Capital Funding

Fund has found backing for its first £100m with another £300m in discussion, enabling it to back two dozen northern university spinouts a year

Banking

B-North plans to open network of eight offices across England, combining face-to-face lending with cutting-edge technology

Venture Capital Funding

Foresight Group, the London-headquartered private equity and infrastructure investment house, has a portfolio of over 70 investees in its venture capital and private equity division in British SMEs with an AUM of over £470 million. Partner James Livingston tells Growth Business what he is looking for in a potential investment

Funding

The British Business Bank is the UK’s economic development bank supporting nearly 8m businesses through £6bn of finance. Growth Business takes you through all the funding initiatives on offer

Opinion

Efforts to boost regional funding in Britain have concentrated too much on big cities

News

A new report examines the potential for billion-dollar British business in northern England to grow from foals to unicorns from now till 2020.