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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…
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,…
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