Proposals put forward by the government on employment tax compliance and reporting obligations for those coming to the UK for short business trips do not go far enough and may adversely affect small businesses say leading accounting, tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. 

NorthEdge Capital has closed its NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I, LP at its £120 million hard cap. The Fund was raised from existing investors and enables the firm to broaden its ability to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities in the U.K. regional lower mid-market.

Mediolanum Asset Management, the Irish asset management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has announced the appointment of Christophe Jaubert as its new Head of Investment Performance.

A 19th-century icon of the Welsh coast is being developed for the 21st century, thanks to funding from alternative finance provider ThinCats.

Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has made some key appointments within its leadership team to strengthen the business and support its continued growth path.

Bregal Investments has secured a €400 million capital commitment for Bregal Milestone’s maiden private capital fund. 

Guernsey has launched a world-first regulated green fund product.  The move is part of Guernsey’s plans to become the ‘go-to’ international finance centre for green finance, and the Guernsey Green Fund has the objective of seeking a return for investors while mitigating environmental damage.  Andy Sloan, Acting Director of Strategy at Guernsey Finance, said: “Guernsey has already been highlighted as an ‘emerging global contender’ in the inaugural Green Global Finance Centres index, launched by the think tank Z/Yen. 

The London office of international law firm Winston & Strawn represented Mind Gym PLC on its £145 million listing on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. 

Cutting Edge Solutions has acquired Majenta PLM to create the largest value-added reseller of Siemens computer-aided design and product lifecycle management software in the UK. 

Paragon Group, the leading provider of customer communications, identification and graphics services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Imprimus Limited which will become part of Paragon Customer Communications’ business in the UK. Imprimus, formerly known as Stralfors UK, has an annual turnover of around £14m; following the acquisition Paragon Group revenues will exceed €700m during the coming financial year.

Atomico has appointed two new leading operators to its Executive-in-Residence (XiR) programme to help founders solve some of the toughest challenges they face in scaling.

Steve Crossan joins Atomico from the world’s leading AI research company, DeepMind, in London, while Jambu Palaniappan joins from UberEats.

The timing of the publication of a draft Finance Bill is a welcome change to previous rushed and sometimes ill thought out means of introducing new tax rules says Nimesh Shah a partner at leading accounting, tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.