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Monday, 23 July 2012 15:00
Short-termism in the City affects real economy
Written by Entrepreneur Country
John Longworth, Director General, comments on the Kay review of UK equity markets and long-term decision-making.
Emily Coltman ACA, Chief Accountant to FreeAgent - who provide an award-winning online accounting system for small businesses and freelancers, continues her beginners’ guide to VAT.
Europe faces many of the same problems on a larger and more urgent scale than the US. The core difference is that Europe does not have the same tools at its disposal to address the problem. As I had predicted in a prior article (Is the Euro zone crisis by…
Over the past few years the economist in me has been profoundly pessimistic about the short and medium term economic destiny of the developed world, a view that is profoundly at odds with my fundamentally optimistic nature (see Cognitive Dissonance be damned, I am a pessimistic optimist).
A budget is basically a plan that outlines how you intend to generate sales, how you should spend your money and how you can best organise your firm’s financial affairs.
History has shown that economic turmoil is a rich breeding ground for financial innovation. In post-war Britain 3i was formed to plug the funding gap smaller businesses faced; in 1995 the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was established to offer an alternative to the London Stock Exchange with no requirements for…
Friday, 06 July 2012 09:39
Ariadne Capital raise $8.5m to invest in start-ups
Written by Entrepreneur Country
Julie Meyer, entrepreneur-turned-investor who founded First Tuesday and Entrepreneur Country, has raised $8.5m (£5.3m) through the ACE fund, a vehicle under her investment and advisory firm Ariadne Capital.
Emily Coltman ACA, Chief Accountant to FreeAgent - who provide an award-winning online accounting system for small businesses and freelancers - continues her guide to VAT.
SMEs are facing a unique challenge. For the first time in history they are being touted as the route out of recession. No longer are the large corporations or the public sector being looked upon - as they are increasingly saddled with debt – the government is looking at Britain’s…
The scandal around Barclays' interest rate fixing and the computer glitch chaos experienced by RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers recently are just the latest reminders of the systemic problems facing the UK's banks.
Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. They are frustrated by the past decade of subpar returns for the sector. The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation.
I have not been surprised about the recent news on Barclays Bank – who from 2005 onwards manipulated inter-bank loans so as to disguise the bank’s vulnerability in the runup to the 2008 credit crunch and misleading the market.
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