As of 1 July 2020, the Aston Lark Financial Institutions team will join the Protean Risk brand, making the combined team one of the largest dedicated brokers servicing UK and European financial services firms.

Recruitment platform Tempo has secured £5 million in a Series A funding round led by the Adecco Group, a Fortune Global 500 company and leading HR solutions partner.

Tempo’s end-to-end platform uses technology to simplify the recruitment process, with machine learning used to match job seekers to potential employers and video interviews used for screening.  Businesses using Tempo are able to cut their recruitment costs by 65%, while reducing the hiring process to a matter of days rather than weeks. 

Robert Walters Fintech: Challenger to Competitor report analyses the four key factors driving the fintech market which has seen a 53% growth in the last three years, an active fundraising scene, and a 20% surge in-demand during lockdown.

Redwigwam, the UK’s leading provider of flexible workers, has secured investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund to fuel the next phase of its expansion.

The Liverpool-based company received the funding from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Redwigwam was founded four years ago by serial entrepreneur Lorna Davidson, who had previously founded and sold Tactical Solutions, one of the UK’s leading field sales and marketing companies, for £29million.

The Danish workspace management startup Good Monday has just entered London following a $4M capital injection from the UK early-stage VC firstminute Capital, led by Brent Hoberman. Other investors are Creandum, Seed Capital, and PreSeed Ventures. In London, the first clients are already on board, and the UK office is up and running in Shoreditch with five employees.

Insulation and fire protection expert Aran Services has secured £1.5 million in working capital from Independent Growth Finance (IGF). The funds, which were raised using invoice discounting, were used to support the recent MBO and to provide working capital to support the continued growth of the business.

Blackfinch Group has launched the #ISOLATIONINTERN platform in partnership with investment industry firms and universities to enable specialist talent acquisition under Covid 19 Restrictions. The initiative aims to supercharge early stage companies and help keep this vital sector of the economy on track.

StaffCircle, a communications, performance and culture platform that enables companies to manage employees across many locations, has raised new funds from investors including Blackfinch and Mercia. Blackfinch has invested around £670,000 with additional investment from Mercia Asset Management.

Innovative law firm Muve has completed a £1.1 million equity funding round to finance its further aggressive expansion into the £1.75bn UK conveyancing law market.

Muve supports over 250 home movers every month with residential conveyancing. The Company's success is built on the three pillars of: process automation through technology, 100% ownership of the lowest cost off-shoring facility in the UK conveyancing market, and being the first law firm to guarantee home buyers an exchange of contracts within as little as 25 days, or return its fees.

Silver Cloud Investments has been launched by founder and CEO Joe Stelzer, formerly managing partner at the UK’s leading sell-side M&A house Cavendish Corporate Finance.

Silver Cloud Investments will provide capital investment to businesses across its target sectors with a flexible approach, helping management teams to either stablilise previously growing businesses and/or  support the growth of companies with strong and scalable business models in this current very difficult business climate.

LGB Corporate Finance has arranged a £20 million Medium Term Note (MTN) programme for Simply Asset Finance, a leading private equity backed specialist asset finance provider. The facility will enable Simply Asset Finance to expand its lending capabilities.

Shepherd, specialists in property performance management via data analytical and remote monitoring solutions, has secured follow-on funding.