New research by a leading specialist lender of flexible working capital to SMEs has revealed certain problems in lending from mainstream banks. Nearly half (47%) of...
The first Innovation Week in Birmingham, the UK’s second city, is being launched by the Government backed global centre of excellence in urban innovation, Future Cities...
According to new research by Amicus Commercial Finance, the specialist provider of flexible working capital to SMEs (small and medium sized businesses), over three quarters of...
Paper has been an integral part of the typical office environment for decades, helping to spawn terminology like “paperwork” and “paper pusher.” But paper comes with...
What does the EU Referendum really mean for UK SMEs? The Brexit vote is fast approaching and small businesses need some answers out of all the...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released its Provisional Decision on Remedies today. The publication sets out proposals to address a wide range of banking difficulties,...
The UK Energy Innovation Awards, organised by the Energy Innovation Centre (EIC), are an annual awards ceremony that showcase the latest and greatest technologies from the...
Over 70 organisations, including SMEs and research institutions, gathered in Glasgow earlier this week to learn how they could benefit from Innovate UK’s drive to support innovation...
Figures from the Bank of England have revealed that lending to small and medium sized enterprises (SME) through the government’s flagship Funding for Lending (FLS) scheme...
This week on Blue & Green Tomorrow, the fund management firm of philanthropist George Soros divested from Israeli-based SodaStream. We also discussed how a green energy...
Mike Mompi of ClearlySo writes how social impact investment might just be making its way into the mainstream. In early July, I was fortunate enough to attend...
Santander has agreed to a referral relationship with Funding Circle, the first of its kind in the UK, suggesting that alternative methods of finance are gaining...
The Co-operative Group will see its stake in the Co-operative Bank reduced further, as the troubled lender seeks to raise £400m to cover its losses. The...
The government should do more to encourage lending to small businesses, and building societies should be allowed to buy TSB bank, according to a leading thinktank....
A quarter of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Britain are heading into 2014 with sustainability among their top three priorities for the coming year....