Worcestershire-based Sustainable bag-in-box wine brand, When in Rome, has secured £375,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Equity Fund, managed by Midven (part of the Future Planet Capital Group). Having already secured listings with Waitrose, Ocado and Amazon, the MEIF funding will allow When in Rome to accelerate its growth by upscaling its marketing activities and […]
Sausage Wars may be capturing the headlines, but that’s not the only urgent deadline facing UK-EU negotiators. The extension to the NI Protocol grace period expected to be announced this week must include parcels, urges ParcelHero. In March, the UK government announced it was unilaterally extending the grace period on parcels and home deliveries to […]
A group of trade bodies representing tens of thousands of businesses across the retail and hospitality sectors are appealing for parliament to intervene to protect British businesses and consumers from the mounting cost of anti-competitive practices in card payments. The British Retail Consortium (BRC), British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), Federation […]
Specialist lender Together has announced the pricing of its first ever residential mortgage backed securitisation (RMBS) consisting only of first-charge loans – to support the business’s future growth ambitions. The £318m facility is supported by a portfolio of owner-occupied and buy-to-let residential mortgages, secured against properties in England, Wales and Scotland. Pete Ball, the group’s […]
The number of acquisitions made by private equity-backed businesses in the UK hit record numbers in H1 2021, with 286 transactions completed during the first six months of the year, according to Rickitt Mitchell’s Buy and Build Barometer. The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals that […]
The search for the next Unicorn company – a private firm with a valuation of over $1bn – is a never ending quest for investors the world over, promising eye-watering returns for those who find them, something that JPIN VCATS – a startup investment bank – specialise in. For many years the place to look […]
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) in the North West is continuing to grow with the appointment of portfolio director Gavin Chadwick. Gavin joins the five-strong team in its new Manchester home in the recently-refurbished ABC Building, part of the St John’s and Enterprise City Development in Spinningfields. With a strong financial background, Gavin’s 20-year career includes […]
Société Générale Factoring, the subsidiary of Société Générale dedicated to factoring, and HPD Lendscape, a leading international secured-lending platform vendor, today announced the successful alignment of the Société Générale Factoring’s sophisticated “open factoring” environment to the latest Lendscape API framework. Using HPD Lendscape’s technology and their micro-service solutions, Société Générale Factoring has developed its bespoke […]
AIM-listed alternative finance provider, Time Finance, is gearing up for a rise in demand for alternative finance solutions as business confidence continues to grow and the UK’s pandemic recovery gathers pace. The move is accompanied by a caution from Time Finance that the business community will require careful financial planning as the Government pandemic support […]
Leading global payment service provider, emerchantpay, publishes the fourth and final instalment of its New World, One Market Report, which examines consumer behaviour post-pandemic. The latest chapter reveals stark differences in attitudes to payments between generations, and also sheds light on the potential economic contribution of trends such as subscriptions and cryptocurrency payments. The subscription economy […]
