Stakeholderz and Intramezzo will be hosting an exclusive networking event featuring guest speaker Ron G Holland, Business Mentor and Mind Power guru, on 27^th February at Moorgate.

The Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE) has analysed Companies House data which shows that 589,008 new businesses launched in 2017 – a drop from 657,790 in 2016.

The Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index suggests the UK will lose it's #3 ranking post Brexit.

Leading VCT mangers, including Puma Invesgments' Eliot Kaye, discussed the VCT market at the AIC's Media Roundtable. 

IW Capital research shows that 36% of investors now consider social impact as important as returns when making investments.

Beauhurst's The Deal shows 2017 as the best year on record for investment in the UK's high-growth companies.

Research by Tindall Perry shows that Finance Directors lack confidence when it comes to accessing certain forms of funding.

The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) closed the third quarter of 2017 with a solid performance of 3.85 percent with Buyout Funds continuing to lead private equity strategies in gains.

Smaller and growing businesses are struggling to hire the right talent, according to the most recent survey from Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, tax and investment management group.

PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights' 2017 MoneyTree report highlights the latest trends in venture capital funding globally.

The P2PFA has published data showing that in the period ending in the fourth quarter of 2017, cumulative lending transacted through P2PFA member platforms exceeded £8 billion.

“Top-of-cycle investing. 2018 is likely to be a year of two halves for global equity markets” says Alastair George, Chief Strategist at Edison Investment Research.

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