The past few years have seen many traditional taboos broken and developments in the workplace have reflected this, from the introduction of shared paternity leave and the increasing conversation around the impact of the menopause at work. This year, however, these conversations have slowed down somewhat as the global pandemic took precedent. Focus moved to keeping employees well, supporting home workers who are also home schooling, and supporting employees with their mental health.

Investors selecting the income paying option in Seneca Partners IHT service have received their quarterly dividend for the 11th consecutive quarter 

A £3.5 million project loan facility from the Development Bank of Wales has enabled civil engineers Andrew Scott to deliver contracts during Covid-19.   Celebrating 150 years in business this year, Andrew Scott secured a range of new contracts in late 2019. Project finance was then required to fund working capital requirements resulting in a drawdown of £2 million from a £3.5 million loan facility provided by the Development Bank of Wales. 

Award-winning investment syndicate, Equity Gap, this month celebrates 10 years as one of Scotland’s most successful angel investment groups with record investment figures and a healthy pipeline of new deals. Meeting the challenge of Covid-19 head on, the syndicate completed 22 investments in the first half of 2020, with total member funds invested since inception topping £20 million.

Apheris, a deep tech company based in Berlin, has raised €2.5 million to enable corporate enterprises to collaborate and analyse data without compromising privacy. UK-based seed investor LocalGlobe led the investment round with Dig Ventures, the family office of MuleSoft Founder, Ross Mason, and Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google and current board chairman for Twitter. Additional investors include another.vc, System.One, and angel investors Charles Songhurst, NaturalMotion founder Torsten Reil, and Songkick founder Ian Hogarth. 

“Despite the Q2 barometer showing the impact on SMEs has been less severe than expected, some sectors are clearly suffering much more than others."

Innova Capital, a leading private equity fund in C&EE, has signed a definitive agreement with Kingspan Group to sell 100% stake in Trimo, a leading European producer of high-quality façade and building envelope solutions.

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Panta Capital has announced the launch of its Private Equity Co-Investment Service and its seed investment of EUR 500,000 in fertiliser startup Rembuyung. 

QVentures has announced their latest investment into PowerMarket, a deep-learning mapping and monitoring technology which leverages satellite data to identify ideal solar sites and forecast generation for grid management.  PowerMarket helps the solar energy sector optimise grid management and energy trading, while aiding policy makers and real estate asset managers identify optimal solar sites.

Solidatus, the leading provider of innovative metadata management software, thas announced a strategic investment from Citi, the leading global bank. Citi is also implementing the Solidatus platform internally, at a global enterprise level.