Thanks to our friends at The Mirror for directing musical entrepreneur Allan Siema in the direction of Money&Co. (we’d provide a link, but for some reason the BizBureau section of Mirror coverage doesn’t appear on its online offering). We’d be delighted to hear from Allan. We have more than £5 million of would-be borrowers lined […]
Engaging with a friendly crowd at the Wine Bear West Oxfordshire business folk gathered at the Wine Bear in Chipping Norton to hear Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick speak on funding for small business, the way banks have failed to cater for savers’ needs – and the potential solutions offered by crowdfunding. Savers, investors and owners […]
The goal is to get everyone talking about crowd investment in business Money&Co.’s CEO Nicola Horlick is on a crusade – to take crowdfunding to the people. It starts in Chipping Norton tonight. Nicola is speaking at the Wine Bear, a small wine-retail business in the centre of the town, with the aim of explaining […]
Crowdfunding in civic splendour I took part in a panel discussion at the International Festival of Business in Liverpool last week. The event was organized by the UK Business Angel Association. Their “Investment Summit” was held in the magnificent surroundings of St. George’s Hall. I shared the platform with a number of crowdfunding experts and […]
Dean Paul Newbronner of Pitch Perfect Club We are delighted to welcome Pitch Perfect Club to Money&Co. The company’s loan auction opens today, and has been awarded a B+ credit rating by our credit-analysis team. We are a crowdfunding platform, and cannot endorse any prospective borrower. However, we have used our best efforts to ensure […]
Slow and steady to start… Today sees a guest blog from Cambridge-based researcher, Emily Mackay. Ms Mackay trawls the online world for “big data” – the numbers on capital flows, broken down by sector (equity, loan, charity, project, etc). Hers is a thoughtful and intelligent voice in the world of crowdfunding – a world that […]
NISAs, with tax-free returns, expected to include crowdfunded investments and loans “It has been a good week for savers,” opines Richard Evans, quite rightly in our view, in the Telegraph. On Tuesday, the amount that could be put into tax-free Isas – or NISAs (New Individual Savings Accounts as they are now called) rose to […]
A loan offer very much to our lenders’ taste Many congratulations to our Soulful Foods and Iain Burke-Hamilton. The loan auction was successful in raising £360,000 – capital that will be used to grow the business. Ian – pictured above – started making soups and stews for his lunch whilst working for M & […]
Who’s still afraid of the big, bad banker? Savers, investors, lenders – and the banks – are heading for the crowdfunding sector at a breakneck pace. But do they all know what they’re doing? Crowdfunding intelligence platform, Another Crowd, isn’t sure: “Not all the banks may fully understand the threat they’re under from crowdfunding platforms, […]
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 […]