Investment

With traditional forms of lending to SMEs in short supply, the UK's Forum of Private Business says that a move away from bank lending could help many firms.

VCs considering an investment in a technology venture should focus more on markets if they want to mitigate risk and deliver fast returns, says Jon Treanor of Conduit Partners.

Investment in clean energy has proved to be remarkably resilient, but investors currently lack the mechanisms to bridge the financing gap, says a report.

More than 2,000 UK technology companies have bid for grants to fund proof of concept projects, in a competition organised by the Technology Strategy Board.

The Alps Bio Cluster, bringing together eight partners from five countries, has now launched two networks specialising in healthcare and pharmaceuticals.

There’s one thing everyone is agreed on: it’s hard to get early-stage funding from venture companies. What is less clear is how to fix the problem.

Public venture capital funds have not been well managed, according to a report published by the UK National Audit Office.