Iwoca: Fintech lender secures £200m debt to support larger SMEs November 11, 2024 Small business lender Iwoca has secured £200m of debt funding as the fintech looks to grow its market share through bigger loans.
Lessons from the Gulf: The UK must listen to business November 11, 2024 The UK may feel worlds apart from the Gulf monarchies, but there are lessons to be taken, writes Eliot Wilson.
Ed Warner: Chair the football regulator? No thanks, not even for £130k November 7, 2024 The job ad for the chair is being circulated widely by opponents of the concept of a regulator in the hope that a moderate rather than a zealot will land the role.
If you want more women in the City, vote for us November 4, 2024 These eight women are channelling the spirit of Boudica and standing for election to the City of London Corporation I am a barrister working from Chambers in the City of London. I also happen to be the 376th woman to become a King’s Counsel. The fact that I am a woman should have nothing to do [...]
Don’t be fooled – Britain’s entrepreneurs are here to stay November 2, 2024 The run-up to this week’s highly-anticipated Budget was filled to the brim with an overwhelming amount of uncertainty. But what's really next for Britain's entrepreneurs?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, announcing £40bn of tax rises, Central London Alliance comments November 1, 2024 Given the straitened public finances it is understandable to leave no stone unturned when looking to balance the books, and we welcome the much-needed investment in the public services. But business owners, the ones creating jobs, are paying this bill. The likely outcome; job losses. Business owners are the lifeblood of the economy, driving growth [...]
Autumn Budget 2024: Reeves increases taxes on private equity profit October 30, 2024 The Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed she would raise taxes on the profit made by private equity dealmakers today but stepped back from the full-scale raid feared by some corners of the industry. In her maiden Budget, Reeves said the government would lift the levy to 32 per cent from April next year, up from the [...]
Autumn Budget 2024: Reeves takes half measure on AIM tax hike October 30, 2024 Stocks on London’s junior AIM market registered their biggest single day bump in four years today as the Government revealed it would only partly abolish a key inheritance tax break for shares on the exchange. Shares on the market will retain a 50 per cent relief from inheritance tax, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed today, [...]
Standard Chartered to double down on wealth management as profit beats forecasts October 30, 2024 Standard Chartered is to double investment in its wealth management arm as the bank beat estimates for its third-quarter profit and boosted plans for shareholder returns.
Back to the 80s: Why we need to start celebrating business October 28, 2024 When Bernard Fairman founded Foresight Group, Britain had a favourable tax and regulatory environment and a culture that encouraged entrepreneurialism – and the economy boomed as a result Growing the economy is the “first mission” of the new government, with much of what Sir Keir Starmer wants to do over the next decade being reliant [...]