SME Insider is almost always an engaging read. This week it carries a mini-profile of small-business owner Oliver Southern, a London-based entrepreneur who started his career at one of the world’s biggest technology companies. Oliver is the force behind Chored, an app for house shares. “It lets users split and pay bills (including rent and […]
One of the main issues for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding for growth is whether to raise capital by giving away equity or seeking loan funding – known in the case of the peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding that we do as P2P business lending. The pros and cons are well set out in this […]
It was a real pleasure to help design the agenda for the recent conference, Alternative Finance: New Solutions To Old Problems. The event was sponsored by Cubism Law, which played a leading role in framing the terms of the conference. Following Cubism Law’s lead was a host of significant players in the alternative finance sector, […]
Today, as promised, we run the second part of accountant Mandy Mitten’s appraisal of the state of the peer-to-peer crowdfunding loan market, as published in Bytestart. “Since 2014, the industry has seen regulation by the FCA. Lending companies must adhere to Principles for Business, preparations must be in place in case any platform should go […]