Study finds more support is needed for access to finance ...
The Federation of Small Businesses calls for better access to finance for self-employed people in, or leaving, the Armed Forces community
MIKE Cherry, national chairman...
Registration open for World Export Development Forum 2017
World Export Development Forum (WEDF) 2017 to be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 25-26 October.
What: World Export Development Forum 2017
Theme: Trade – A Force for...
Uni-supported innovators to pitch at showcase events
FOUNDERS of University of Edinburgh-supported start-ups will be able to showcase their companies to an audience of investors at two events taking in March.
Ten...
I belong tae Glasgae… as do top honours for SME growth
GLASGOW has emerged as the best city to work for a small business in Britain.
Research by small business lender iwoca ranked areas using ONS...
Inclusive investment plan for under-represented groups
BIG ISSUE Invest, UnLtd, and Shift have jointly announced a growth fund “to level the social investment playing field”.
The social investment fund offers flexible...
A gender seeking lenders: Go, girls!
IT MAY once have been a man’s world, but the Department for Business and Trade and the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs aim...
ICC & WTO Launch Small Business Champions Initiative
A joint effort to facilitate participation by smaller companies in international trade was launched today by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO),...
ILO calls for new strategies to help SMEs get loans
Bank loans can help firms improve job quality and productivity, but are often difficult to get for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Consequently, policy-makers...
SMEs and the wolf at the door
By LUCY TROTT and KATIE PHILIPSON
THROUGHOUT the pandemic, a steady stream of government support was made available to prop-up businesses.
As we move towards a...
University’s incubator programme selects cancer-fighting start-ups
TWENTY start-ups — eight of them operating projects in the field of cancer — have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme...
