Six inspiring young entrepreneurs have overcome fierce competition to impress the country’s business leaders with their innovation and business capability and have been selected by NEF Fast Track, the UK’s leading entrepreneur development programme, for the prestigious David Pearl pitch prize & CVC Young Innovators award. 

Law firm, Ashfords LLP, has appointed Chris Sutoto-Haywood as an Associate in the firm's Intellectual Property Team.

Ascension Ventures, the London-based investment firm, had an eventful evening at the annual UKBAA Angel Investment Awards.

Partech has expanded its Growth Equity team with the appointment of Paul Vidier.

Before joining Partech, Paul worked in London at Kennet Partners, a transatlantic tech growth equity firm, where he invested in growth-stage European SaaS and fintech companies for five years. Prior to working in growth equity, he spent nine years in finance, strategy and operational roles in financial services at Oliver Wyman, EY and Barclays.

Earthworm Group welcomes four new hires to its expanding team, coinciding with the move to its new head office at Milton Park, Abingdon.

As outlined in the British Business Bank’s Equity Tracker report of 2018, the proportion of equity in the UK going to companies with at least one female founder has declined to 18% from 20% in 2017. Companies with female founders were only five per cent of total deals and only two per cent of total investment value. With such media coverage regarding women in business and tech, it still highlights the gargantuan challenge for female-founded businesses to access sufficient investment to scale up. 

The British Business Bank has appointed Warren Ralls as UK Network Director, South and East of England. 

The Harwell Space Cluster has added 14 new companies to its impressive roster, now comprised of 92 organisations including the UK and European Space Agencies, STFC RAL Space and The Satellite Applications Catapult. Collectively employing over 1,040 people, Europe’s most concentrated Space cluster is comprised of commercial, public and academic organisations focused on driving innovation in the UK Space market.

British businesses in the regions are suffering heavily from ensuing disparities in investment. According to the independent report by the UK 2070 commission, the UK is one of the most regionally unbalanced countries in the industrialised world and the disparities will widen unless the government adopts a radical programme of investment.

London-based investment manager Downing LLP has appointed Tom Moore to lead its asset management capability.

London-based investment manager Downing has appointed six new senior team members across its investment, venture capital, asset management, and business development divisions.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and Funding London CEO, Maggie Rodriguez-Piza, have announced the appointment of three new additions to the Funding London Board.