by David Yates | Aug 7, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Investment
Business lending is on course to slump to its lowest level for seven years, a recent report warns. UK banks will lend £422billion to British firms this year – the lowest amount since 2006. This is well below the £575billion lent in 2008 before the financial crisis....
by David Yates | Aug 7, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment
Santander is trying to enter the rapidly growing lend to save market and team up with one of its biggest players, Funding Circle, some reports have claimed. The UK arm of the Spanish bank is in discussions with Funding Circle – which lends money from private...
by David Yates | Jul 24, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Investment, SEIS
Government funding schemes are attracting increased interest from start-up companies in the UK. The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes (SEIS) are being used a whole lot more. According to recent figures released, the number of...
by David Yates | Jun 28, 2013 | Blog Post, business, M&A
M&A activity is heating up across the TMT sector and I am seeing a stream of transactions within my client base, but 2 recurring themes keep popping up which may scupper that all important deal – an approach or opportunity that arises very unexpectedly, and...
by David Yates | Jun 11, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment
We all have great ideas from time to time. The difference is that some of us know what to do in order to take it into the next level and some of us don’t. The good news is that help is now at hand if financing is the only problem that is holding you back. Crowdfunding...
by David Yates | Jun 11, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Investment
We have probably all heard about the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending scheme, but do you actually know what it is? Funding for Lending allows banks to swap assets such as existing loans with the Bank of England in exchange for gilts, which they can then...
