Start-ups looking to take their next business steps, and budding entrepreneurs who want to develop their ideas into fully-fledged companies, are encouraged to share knowledge and network about potential funding opportunities, thanks to regional events being run by the EISA (The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association). The recent Ready Steady Grow! series has seen events taking […]
NatWest has today announced a new technology integration with global accountancy software provider Xero, which will allow its subscribers to access a NatWest financing service directly from the Xero platform. Using Single Sign On (SSO) technology, Xero users will have direct access to NatWest’s Rapid Cash service, which provides businesses with a flexible line of […]
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £750,000 funding facility to Pentland Material Supply Ltd., a specialist engineering solutions provider serving a diverse range of customers across multiple sectors. Formerly known as Pentland Precision Ltd., the Loanhead-based business was founded in 2001 and provides specialist engineering services, including laser cutting, sheet metal work, fabrication and […]
365 Business Finance, a financial provider to small and medium sized companies, has revealed that MOT garages are among the top ten business categories taking up merchant cash advances to expand. According to the direct lender, MOT garages feature eighth in the list of most frequent clients for this type of fast and flexible funding. […]
British entrepreneurs and companies are lagging behind their global competitors when it comes to creating and securing their inventions, with an 8% drop in patents granted domestically in 2018 versus an increase in global (2%) and European patents (20%) granted. According to analysis of the latest WIPO and IPO data by Santander UK, the […]
Ahead of the January 2020 launch by ScotlandIS of a new strategy to turn Scotland into a digital nation, chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset is urging SMEs to review their business processes and procedures to assess opportunities for realising efficiencies from the adoption of digital technologies. ScotlandIS, the trade association championing Scotland’s digital technologies industry, […]
The medical imaging software toolkit company was founded by the late Doctor David Harvey in 1998. As a consultant radiologist, he was passionate about the development of healthcare IT to deliver better patient care. The Company is a well-established medical imaging toolkit provider and has been recognised as a global leader in facilitating the development […]
The National Promotional Institutions of France (Bpifrance), Germany (KfW), Poland (BGK), Spain (ICO) and the United Kingdom (British Business Bank) presented a study in Brussels on the challenges of digitalisation for European small and medium-sized enterprises. The study is based on a first-time joint survey of more than 2,500 SMEs in the participating countries, the […]
Businesses in Britain involved in the import and export of goods with the European Union (EU) should not take the recent further ‘flextension’ to Brexit as an excuse to be lax about preparations, TheCustomsPeople.co.uk has warned. With the latest extension having been granted by the EU for Brexit to be delayed until 31st January 2020, […]
This November, Global Entrepreneurship Week will bring over 10 million people together this year to celebrate entrepreneurship and start-up culture and the removal of barriers, with over 35,000 events planned in over 170 countries. The UK is the home of the GEW movement and this year the GEWUK campaign team is using the huge global […]
