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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…
Shelter your wealth in a start-up
13 january 2013 WEALTHY investors are rushing to take advantage of tax reliefs worth hundreds of thousands of pounds for backing start-up firms before the end of the tax year.…
Shelter your cash to save £500,000
13 january 2013 MIDDLE-CLASS families face an effective pay cut of almost £4,000 after new child benefit rules took effect last week, according to analysts. However, experts say…
Venture capital cleans up after investing in climate technology
13 january 2013 Venture capital groups invested €400 million (£270 million) in Europe’s so-called clean-tech sector last year, tapping into the potential for technologies that will help the world…
Shelter up to £1m from the taxman
13 january 2013 You could turn a pot of a little more than £700,000 into nearly £1m by “stacking” the tax reliefs available on a variety of investment vehicles,…
Are green trusts too hot to handle?
13 january 2013 Investors are piling into green venture capital trusts to benefit from two sets of tax breaks but advisers have warned that the schemes could become a…
How I made it: Downturn was a boon to our business, but now we’re choosing to grow slowly
13 january 2013 M artin Casey, founder and chief executive of Arekibo Sheer determination carried Martin Casey over the biggest hurdle he faced in life — a stutter endured…
Workday pays off for O’Toole
13 january 2013 A nnrai O’Toole, the IT veteran who co-founded Iona Technologies, is in line for a multimillion payday from the $2 billion (€1.65 billion) flotation of Workday,…
Directski swerves slide
13 january 2013 Directski.com, the online ski-holiday operator, has raised €500,000 in fresh investment as it bulks up for the winter season. The funding came from existing shareholders, ACT…
Online ‘garage’ seeks equity
13 january 2013 T HE online car parts retailer Micksgarage.com, which is backed by a number of former and current Paddy Power executives, is seeking up to €2m in fresh…
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