Beauhurst takes a closer at the high-growth companies operating in Northern Ireland in its latest report, 'Mapping out the most ambitious businesses in Northern Ireland'.

BVA BDRC has published its latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor report. 

Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech companies and leaders, has released its annual Tech Nation Report, providing a comprehensive overview of the evolution of the UK’s tech ecosystem, exploring the drivers that underpin and power economic growth within the sector.

Despite the strides that have been made towards workplace equality in recent years, women in businesses are still feeling largely under-represented and underpaid.

The latest IT & Business Services M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, outlines how low interest rates and favourable debt markets have made it easier for private equity firms to pick up market-leading IT businesses. PE buyers have grown their share of the sector’s M&A activity to 15 per cent of all transactions in 2019, compared to just under five percent in 2014.

Beauhurst has published it's latest report which looks at the top ten female entrepreneurs in the UK.  

Enhancing diversity and inclusion is a top priority for over a quarter (28%) of business leaders, as companies seek to improve workplace culture in a competitive hiring market says reseach by Robert Half UK.

The majority of advisers have a very positive view of the importance of ESG in portfolio construction, according to a new study[1] among financial advisers by Foresight Group.

The research, conducted among more than 100 financial advisers, revealed that: almost two-thirds of advisers (64%) see ESG considerations as ‘important’ when building portfolios for their clients, of which 15% see it as ‘very important’.

Analysis of global startup hubs by Outlier Ventures, as part of London Blockchain Week has revealed that London may be one of the most preferred hubs for blockchain start-ups to headquarter themselves. 

BVA BDRC has published the fourth Women in Business report, based on data from the SME Finance Monitor. This report, covering the period up to and including Q2 2019, provides analysis of key aspects of SME Finance Monitor data by the gender of the owner, senior partner or majority shareholder.

UK companies raised a record amount of venture capital in 2019 – the highest in Europe – according to research by Refinitiv. £8.1bn was raised – an 85% increase year on year – while deal volumes were also slightly up with 560 in this period compared to 554 in 2018.

The British Business Bank’s 2020 Small Business Finance Markets report highlights significant long-term growth in alternative finance volumes over the last five years.