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    Maia’s Rush For The Finishing Line – Kickstarter And Social Capital

    14 January 2013 One of the recent Kickstarter projects that caught my eye (and the eyes of many others) was Maia. One of the first game campaigns on the British…

    Crowd-Funding Campaign Lessons Learned: What You Need to Know

    14 January 2013 When you’re starting a new company, coming up with an innovative, profitable business idea is more than half the battle. But acquiring funding to get it off…

    UK’s Tech City Ready To Open Doors For Fourth Annual Job Fair

    14 January 2013 While innovation happens all over the UK, the Tech City project in the East End of London brings together many of the elements needed for a successful…

    Changing the Face of Film Funding: Seed&Spark

    14 January 2013 Taking pen to paper and writing a great screenplay is hard enough, but securing funding to convert the dream to reality and getting the film in front…

    Kickstarter Expands Crowdfunding Model To UK-Based Projects

    14 January 2013 Kickstarter, the perceived champion of crowd-sourced funding has launched in the UK, and is hoping for more successful projects powered by fans. Strictly speaking, today is the…

    Next bolsters hopes for high street sales with a festive leap

    14 January 2013 The fashion chain Next today raised hopes for a modest improvement in high street trading conditions this year after it posted a robust performance over Christmas and…

    Chemring shake-up as new chief ejects finance boss

    14 January 2013 After only two months at the helm of defence firm Chemring, new chief executive Mark Papworth today used the firm’s own ejector seats, replacing his finance boss…

    Fears over carbon emissions after permit prices dive

    14 January 2013 The global carbon market shrank by more than a third to €61bn (£49bn) in 2012, the lowest level in its five-year history, fuelling concerns that key permit…

    Mortgages soar thanks to the Bank’s Funding for Lending

    14 January 2013 Mortgage availability has soared to its highest level since the onset of the credit crunch nearly five years ago, the Bank of England said today. The Bank’s…

    Money Insider: Remortgage demand to keep rising this year

    14 January 2013   Mortgage business has picked up slightly this year compared with the low level of transactions witnessed in 2011, and during 2013 I expect to see this…