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    Greece likely to win approval on bailout

    13 January 2013 After months of delay, Greece was expected last night to win approval in principle to a fresh €44 billion from the EU-IMF bail-out despite discord among the…

    Eurozone fails to agree bailout for Greece

    13 January 2013 Eurozone finance ministers failed to approve a fresh €44 billion bailout for Greece last night amid discord among the creditors over Athens’s prospects of meeting its debt…

    Clampdown on tax relief schemes

    13 january 2013 INVESTORS have been warned they may lose their valuable tax breaks after a landmark court ruling last week against a risky scheme used by celebrities and the…

    Act to protect your pensions and savings

    13 january 2013 For a Chancellor who is supposed to be a champion of thrift, George Osborne has done remarkably little to encourage savers and investors in his Autumn Statement.…

    Entrepreneurs’ pet projects get mezzanine step up

    13 january 2013 Janet Martin was facing a problem familiar to many business people. She needed bags of expansion capital but didn’t want to give away any more precious equity.…

    Venture capitalists go back to school

    13 january 2013   A group of enterprising teachers has secured the help of an angel investor to launch Britain’s first venture- capital-backed independent school, writes Oliver Shah. Radnor House…

    Small ventures offered share of £200m fund

    13 january 2013   Santander’s British division is preparing to lend £200 million to young companies that want to expand. Ana Botín, Santander UK’s chief executive, said that the lending…

    Don’t be burnt by solar funds

    13 january 2013   Money has been pouring into enterprise investment schemes after the government increased tax relief from 20% to 30% last April, but experts warn that those who…

    Come on Dave, be brave

    13 january 2013   An elite group of Britain’s top business men and women will troop into No10 tomorrow afternoon for what promises to be a tense encounter with the…

    Don’t bank on quick fix to lending drought

    13 january 2013   BEN WHITAKER has been “utterly underwhelmed” by the help he has received from the high street banks as he has expanded his business from 5 to 35…