A new study by Warwick Business School has uncovered four strategies entrepreneurs use to cope with the fear of failure.

The British Business Bank’s fourth annual Small Business Equity Tracker report reveals the UK equity finance market for smaller businesses has bounced back to record highs in 2017, following a decline in 2016.

The Q2 2018 SME Growth Tracker, published today, reports that amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the Confidence Index score for their business has deteriorated from -6 earlier this year to -8. Confidence in business conditions has remained negative for all SMEs since the UK general election in 2017, when it was at its lowest point (-11), and has not been positive since March 2017.

The latest EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot, by S&P Global Market Intelligence, has been published.

The UK’s tech industry is leading the way in the creation of billion-dollar businesses despite Brexit fears, according to research released today by technology investment bank GP Bullhound.

Venture capital funds globally continued their strong run of performance over recent years in the first quarter of 2018, with a near-record return of 1.45x, according to data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider. Western Europe funds of vintages 2009-14, meanwhile, are recording strong outperformance of the long-term trend.

• UK plc debts hit all-time high of £390.7bn
• This is up 69% since the debt low point in 2010/11, an increase of £159.6bn
• Most of this increase (£122.6bn) has been in the last three years, helping fund dividends of £263bn at a time of low profit

SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk has compiled a list of the top 5 rising tech hubs in the world.  Boulder, Colorado in the United States tops the list highest business valuations and amount startup investors.  The top five covered 5 out of 7 of the world’s continents. For Europe, Sweden’s capital, Stockholm topped the list and Bangalore in India took the hotspot for Asia.

The UK Business Angels Association has commissioned a new nationwide study to analyse the sentiment of investors towards the rising new-age trends that are set to dominate the tech landscape over the next decade.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association has commissioned a new nationwide sentiment study to analyse those that constitute the future of the UK workforce - charged with picking up the post-Brexit pieces and driving an EU-free private sector forward. 

European venture capital investment rached its highest amount in a decade with €6.4 billion in 2017, according to Invest Europe.

UK business could be set for a major exports boost as 47% of SMEs – equating to more than 640,000 firms* - predict their overseas turnover from exports will jump in the next year, according to new data from Smith & Williamson. In comparison, just one in ten (12%) firms expect export revenue to fall over the same period.