The BBC Reports that Bank of England statistics “show it can still be a struggle for small businesses to get money from the banks. “This is why many are turning to what is called – crowdfunding – asking people to invest money in businesses or projects. More than nine million investments and donations were made […]
Many thanks to our friends at FD Solutions for hosting an excellent evening in Mayfair last week. Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick and Paul Dyson, founder of Data2Decisisons, spoke to an engaged audience on the topic of “funding for growth and developing an exit strategy”. “Nicola… originally came to prominence at Morgan Grenfell, being dubbed ‘Superwoman’ […]
Liverpool’s where it’s at in July Once Centre of Empire, now centre of our attention. Liverpool, just across the Mersey river from where Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick grew up, hosts the International Festival of Business in the first week of July. Local newspaper, the Liverpool Echo, is rightly excited about the “big hitters” […]
Use online offerings to get H – E – L – P ! Nicola Horlick, Money&Co.’s CEO, blasts UK banks’ savings offering to investors. In the second instalment of her two-part blog, she highlights the “ Great Savings Robbery” – or “maybe we should rename the institutions Britain’s ‘Robber Banks’,” she adds. For details of […]
Vasconcelos: fast growth in equity funding Money&Co. recently hosted a dinner for leading figures in the crowdfunding industry in Cambridge. Gonçalo de Vasconcelos was one of several compelling diners that night, and we are delighted to note that Gonçalo’s equity-funding platform is one of the fastest-growing in the UK, according to Tania Ziegler of crowdfunding […]
This is what used to be known in steam-age journalism as a “picture story”. It’s all about looking at the image – usually of an impossibly cute baby animal. In this case, it’s Money&Co. CEO, Nicola Horlick, whose blog comments were reprised in the Metro newspaper, distributed to commuters across the UK. The offers […]
ShareIn offers equity investment – a different risk proposition The good news is that the crowdfunding market is not – forgive us – overcrowded. So Money&Co. is happy to welcome ShareIn, a new crowdfunding company that operates on the other side of the fence. At Money&Co., we offer loan-based crowdfunding, person-to-business (P2B) opportunities – a […]
Your Business ezine got wind of Nicola Horlick’s latest speaking engagement, aimed at the financial community and the exciting, innovative world of alternative finance. The Money&Co. CEO was the keynote speaker at FD Solutions’ finance seminar on 26th June. Money & Co. recently announced its first £1 million crowdfunding loan secured on behalf of a client. […]
The banks are still failing to produce the goods for UK business, according to a report in City AM: “Lending to businesses is rising sluggishly while the latest mortgage lending figures showed yesterday that the new regulatory efforts are helping to cool the growth of credit for housing. “Figures from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) […]
The growth potential of the UK economy is being put at risk by a generation of “debt-shy” entrepreneurs who are unwilling to borrow money or give control of their businesses to outsiders, according to a reort cited by the Financial Times (subscription required). A UK-wide study, commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, […]