Hotel Chocolat is a great British success story. Between 2008 and 2013, when other retailers languished, it increased its number of stores by 174 per cent. Part of the funding for this expansion came from devotees of the brand, who invested in its first Chocolate Bond. Last week, it closed two more bonds; the Hotel […]
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 […]
Daylight robbery – on the high street! It’s no surprise that the crowdfunding is expanding so rapidly. Last week, I pointed out the shocking fact that by leaving money on deposit with banks and building societies, British savers and investors £57 billion a year worse off, because of lost interest. Call it “The Great Savings […]
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 […]
Savers and investors are entitled to a lot more of this By leaving their savings in low-yielding accounts with banks and building societies, British savers will lose over £57 billion in potential investment income over the next year. The phrase the Great Bank Robbery became part of common parlance years ago. Now, we’re witnessing the […]
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. […]