Three in ten UK businesses have lost time and money on unsuccessful digital transformation projects during the pandemic, new research from Studio Graphene has revealed. The London-based digital agency commissioned an independent survey of 750 decision-makers within UK businesses. It found that the majority (56%) of businesses have successfully adopted one or more new technologies since the […]
The Quality Franchise Association ( QFA ), a not for profit trade association that supports the franchising community has reported significant growth despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The association which was only formed in November 2018 has had half it’s history to date in the pandemic supporting franchise businesses through the crisis. Despite being a new […]
According to the results of the latest “Payment Practices Barometer” survey conducted in Asia by Atradius, 60% of the B2B invoices on credit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were not settled on time, which is significantly higher than the 50% average for Asia as a whole. On average, it took businesses 40 days to […]
Cynergy Bank – the human digital bank which is committed to providing the high tech, high touch banking solutions for SMEs seeking to scale up and drive economic growth – has reported significant improvements in its financial performance for the year ending 31 December 2020 against a difficult pandemic backdrop. The income statement can be […]
Sirius Property Finance has strengthened its Structured Finance team with the recruitment of Hari Patel. Hari has worked in finance for 31 years with more than a decade of experience in property, including roles at Coreco Specialist Finance and Knight Frank. He joins Sirius as senior associate – structured finance to assist developers and property […]
Private capital investments in Spain reached a record volume in 2020, totalling €6.27bn, a growth of 33% of the volume reached in 2019. However, in this booming sector, diversity does not move at the same pace: while many of the jobs that are not directly related to investment (administrative tasks, investor relations and platform) are […]
Looking more like the ‘Bulli’ concept van, VW’s expensive newcomer closes the gap significantly between LCV and MPV, which Iain Robertson believes is a good thing, even though it is inevitable that its maker will charge the earth for every version. It is almost hard to believe that the window-van you see here has any […]
Equity investment in the UK’s smaller businesses increased by 9% in 2020 to £8.8bn, the highest amount since the Beauhurst data series began in 2011, reveals the British Business Bank’s annual Small Business Equity Tracker, published today. The strong momentum continued into Q1 2021, with the total value of equity investment in smaller businesses reaching […]
Today, Isomer Capital is pleased to announce the first close of “Isomer Capital Opportunities”. The new co-investment fund is backed by British Business Investments, through its Managed Funds Programme, amongst other global institutions. The goal of the new opportunities fund is to build on the success of ‘Isomer Capital I’, the firm’s fund-of-funds that invests […]
RSM’s debt advisory team has advised TFM Networks Ltd on the refinancing of its outstanding debt with the support of alternative finance provider Boost & Co. The transaction with Boost will give TFM additional financial resource as it enters a new phase of growth. Established by the Yates family in 2002, TFM provides bespoke telecommunication […]
