The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The European Investment Bank will provide EUR 400 million for investment by SME’s across Ireland through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland launched in Dublin earlier today. The SBCI has been created by the Irish government to improve access to finance by Irish companies and will provide simple access for long-term and low cost loans.
Open Utility, a startup company founded in 2013 whose mission is to create the first renewable electricity marketplace, has secured half a million pounds of funding from the UK Government, the EU and Nominet Trust to deliver its vision. The new service will enable electricity consumers and generators to trade over the internet.
New research proves that you don’t need to be a neuroscience expert to adopt ‘brain friendly’ approaches to learning and development (L&D) in the workplace.
Lingerie boss Michelle Mone has struck a deal to sell the Ultimo underwear company that made her famous to her Sri Lankan business partners.
Leverage ratio means big banks may have to have almost £1 for every £20 lent by 2019
The co-founder of a company that tests buildings for radon gas which causes more than 1,000 UK deaths a year from lung cancer has been crowned champion of entrepreneurial competition The Pitch 2014.
The government has set a target of buying 25% of all its products and services – across central and local government – from small businesses by May 2015.
Finalists for the Santander Corporate Citizenship Award recently came together to debate the business case for social impact at a roundtable chaired by Allister Heath, Deputy Editor of The Telegraph.
Dr Stephen Fear, English entrepreneur, businessman, British Library’s Entrepreneur in Residence and often referred to as “The Phonebox Millionaire”, has become a patron of the homeless charity Emmaus, to help drive revenue through developing commercial interests, it was announced today.
THE list, designed to inspire the UKs budding entrepreneurs, is made up of self-made millionaires such as Sir Philip Green, Sports Direct mogul Mike Ashley and Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson.
A woman whose business and entrepreneurial life has flourished since serving time has been named Entrepreneur of the Year at this year’s Precious Awards, which celebrate the Success Stories of British Women of Colour.
Victoria Beckham has been named the UK’s most successful entrepreneur of 2014, based on strong sales, the number of jobs she has created, and her estimated wealth overall.
Women are twice as likely to feel isolated when starting their own business, finds national research from Entrepreneurial Spark
Formula 1 must change its “unsustainable” business model or risk damaging the sport, says Dr Paola Aversa, a foremost researcher in Formula 1 at London’s Cass Business School.
Exactly half of the UK’s businesses believe that the level of funding support that’s currently available is inadequate, according to new research conducted by independent commercial finance broker, Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions.
