UK MPs look into SME funding challenges
A CROSS-PARTY committee of UK MPs is to examine the key challenges SMEs face when seeking finance.
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IC… oh, dear! Initial coin offerings can, and do, go wrong,...
Do some Google research on ICOs and you will immediately hear the faint, but unmistakable, clang of warning bells. Bells that almost – but...
Global partnership to give start-ups wings
A NEW global collaboration aims to make it easier and faster for start-ups to raise capital and grow.
Start-ups play a pivotal role in a...
Big ideas to nurture little UK businesses
IT’S SMALL Business Advice Week, a time for SMEs to consult with advisers about the best direction for their business journey.
The British Business Bank...
British business leaders have their say about the Budget
YESTERDAY’S Budget announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has opened the floodgates: comment is flooding in to BV.
Here we list some of the most recent...
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...
Zambia Makes Steady Progress in Financial Inclusion but Many Women Still...
Mary Banda runs a small restaurant in Kamwala market, one of Lusaka’s oldest markets. She uses the proceeds from her business to feed her...
Converting page visitors into paying customers
By GRANT FARHALL
ON AVERAGE, people spend 53 seconds on a product page — and Britain’s SMEs are grasping for ways to hold their attention.
Research...
Tech Nation winds-down after grant funding is cut
AFTER a decade as a government-backed organisation in the UK scale-up ecosystem, Tech Nation will cease operations and seeks to transfer its assets.
The decision...
Sessions Market cooks up an incentive to beat chef shortage
SESSIONS Market has launched a chef incentive and recruitment scheme to boost an industry hard-hit by the Covid pandemic.
Founder Dan Warne, previously MD at...
