Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has published its Climate Tech Report 2022, to shed light on the state of UK climate tech ahead of COP27 this month. 

The British Business Bank has published a list of 67 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity stake, taking the total to 464 as at 30 September 2022, meaning more than a third of companies have now converted to equity.

Two major research bodies will join a Development Bank-led research partnership to provide new insights and data-backed perspectives on the Welsh business environment.

Bristol Private Equity Club is one of the leading investors into Bristol based tech startups, according to a new report from Beauhurst shows that after Seedrs, the group is the most active investor in the region.

BVA BDRC's latest quarterly SME Finance Monitor findings shows that rising costs, the economic environment and climate change are contributing a stall in SME recovery.  

Economic Intelligence Wales has published its annual report for the 2021/22 financial year, with a challenging immediate future predicted for businesses operating in Wales.

Emotions have a strong influence on purchasing decisions. Because of the growing popularity of assets with a strong focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, scholars decided to look at what role emotions can play in determining people’s preference for sustainable investments.

Insolvency figures released for July 2022* by the UK Government’s Insolvency Service showed corporate insolvencies at 1,827, up 67% compared to the same month last year (1,827 in July 2022 and 1096 in July 2021).

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (The NSI Act) came into force on 4 January 2022. The act strengthens the UK Government’s power to scrutinise transactions on grounds of national security. Parts of the act will apply retrospectively between 12 November 2020 and the 4 January 2022.

New data from Tech Nation reveals that nearly a quarter of UK tech companies are making it to Series C or an exit in 2022, but warns that these large liquidity events must not detract from the need to support the majority (50%) of tech companies who are in earlier stages of growth, especially those R&D intensive firms who tend to have longer product development cycles and time to market.

The British Business Bank has published a list of 65 additional companies in which the Future Fund holds an equity stake, taking the total to 400 as at 30 June 2022, meaning a third of companies have now converted to equity.

Interest rates may be edging upwards, but the average interest rate on a savings account is still less than 1% according to MoneySupermarket.com. The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has released a list of the 42 investment companies with a yield above 3% and a five-year track record of increasing dividends. This represents 13% of all investment companies¹.