The new borrower is London construction company SM Devine There’s a lot going on at Money&Co. today. The £1,000 draw has been made in Money&Co.’s first mini-treasure hunt – and we have our first lucky winner! Birgitta is from London, and works in marketing. “What’s the catch?” she asked on hearing the good news. Well, […]
Wake up and smell the interest Sunday for many is a day of reflection. So here’s something to ponder over your coffee and newspapers as the joint roasts: leading financial comparison site moneysupermarket.com is getting excited about a savings account that yields just three per cent. That’s three per cent… “For the highest easy access […]
What’s the secret of the hidden gem? See below The alternative finance industry in the UK “is set to burst through the £4 billion mark for fundraising by next year,” according to a report in The Independent. The Independent quotes a study by the National Endowments for Science Technology and the Arts (Nesta), which predicts […]
P2PFA says FCA must find the right regulatory track “Crowdfunding is a way businesses, organisations and individuals can raise money. Generally, it involves a number of people pooling money through a website, often called a platform.” The words we quote here on Money&Co.’s crowdfunding platform are those of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As we […]
There may be P2P lending gold in them there hills… via NISA tax reforms The crowdfunded peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is “fascinating”, according to commentator Ed Bowsher of Money Week. “The government is now consulting on plans to allow P2P lenders to place their loans within an Isa wrapper. This is great news for all […]
Crowdfunding P2P loans show savers the money There are times when the only fitting comment is: “We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.” Here, blogger Sean O’ Meara hits the sweet spot on the risks and rewards of investing in loans offered by crowdfunding. “Peer-to-peer lending, by its very nature, has an element of risk […]
“Work-life balance is vital – as is a good income” As a very successful and exciting week on the road draws to a close for the Money&Co. team, our friends at AOL online profile CEO Nicola Horlick. Nicola points out that as a career woman and mother, she has long held the belief that while […]
Emma Sinclair, co-founder of Enterprise Jungle, was among the inspirational… A small team from Money&Co. was delighted to attend last night’s event for inspirational buinesswomen at Mulberry’s beautifully appointed Bond Street offices in London’s West End. As trade journal Alt Fi reports, “of the 30 entrepreneurial thought-leaders that make up the show case, 10 per […]
UKCFA survey – data may be partial, but that means the growth estimates are conservative A new survey of the UK crowdfunding market reveals that “crowdfunding in the UK is taking off in the UK for a variety of reasons, the most popular being lack of available funding from banks. So with the rise of […]
Coming to a market near you – peer-to-peer crowdfunding Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick finds it hard to believe that the UK stockmarket reached an all-time high (by definition, a peak it has failed to re-scale) some 15 years ago. And yet, she argues, it makes sense. The boom was driven by excitement over the internet […]