As markets hope for interest rate reductions in 2024, some investors may well be considering how to invest for income and capital growth over the long term. The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published a list of the 48 investment trusts that invest in equities and yield at least 4%.

2024 could be the year of recovery after UK venture capital turned a corner in H2 2023 according to new analysis from HSBC Innovation Banking and Dealroom.

With 2023 approaching its end, UK Investment platform, CMC Invest, has released new data showing investing behaviours throughout 2023. 

Seedrs - Europe's leading private investment platform - has released its 2023 Portfolio Report, one of the most comprehensive examinations of the European equity crowdfunding sector ever produced.

New analysis reveals a robust resurgance in university-business interactions since the pandemic, according to NCUB's State of the Relationship report 2023.

The independent review of university spin-out companies requested by Government has been published.

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc, has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23.

eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to private markets, and a part of BlackRock, has released its latest eFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmark report, covering the period to the end of Q2 2023.

Despite the number of women starting businesses in the UK rising to record levels, female-led startups continue to receive just a fraction of the equity investment male-led companies do, according to a new report published by The Entrepreneurs Network in partnership with Barclays. 

Ahead of the Government review of the UK spinout landscape, Oxford University Innovation (OUI) has published its inaugural Impact Report.

OUI, the research commercialisation office of the University of Oxford, envisages this report as a touchstone for harmonising impact measurement and reporting amidst university innovation hubs and technology transfer offices (TTOs) across the U.K.

The British Business Bank’s third annual Nations and Regions Tracker, published this week, finds the use of external finance among smaller businesses is showing signs of recovery in early 2023, after a decline in most UK Nations and regions in 2022. 

The British Business Bank has supported more than £12.4bn of finance through its core programmes and met its objectives,