27 Mar, 2024 Impact Investing - Clare Stirzaker quoted in Mayfair Times By Clare Stirzaker Philanthropy plays a vital role in our society. As well as providing much needed funds to charities and not-for profit organisations, it...
23 Mar, 2024 Keep the Faith and Carry On By Alidad Vakili As Q1 2024 is coming to an end, there is still some uncertainty about what 2024, especially for the startup ecosystem. Is there light at...
21 Mar, 2024 Potential Impact of Real Estate Commission Changes on Consumers By Alexander Vilardo Real estate markets may experience a seismic shift if the changes in commission rates come into effect later this summer. By potentially...
18 Mar, 2024 Companies House – Registered Email Address (REA) requirement coming into force By Amy Reed A new requirement for companies to supply a registered email address ("REA"), otherwise known as an "appropriate email address", is now...
06 Mar, 2024 How does the Spring Budget impact start-ups & entrepreneurs? By Charlie Hewlett Earlier today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt took to his feet to unveil his “budget for long term growth”. In his opening...
26 Feb, 2024 A new era of green lease clauses? By Kate Symons The concept of a "green lease" has been with us for some time now. At its most basic, a green lease follows the form of a standard...
16 Feb, 2024 The Lessons in Legacy Podcast, Philanthropy Edition, In Conversation with Jake Hayman By Clare Stirzaker In the fifth and final episode of ‘The Philanthropy Edition’ Alberto Lidji and Clare Stirzaker are joined by Jake Hayman. Together they...
31 Jan, 2024 Date of increase in Skilled Worker salary threshold announced By Zoe Jacob Yesterday, the immigration minister, Tom Pursglove announced details of when the major changes to the Immigration Rules, announced on 4...
13 Dec, 2023 A founders' Christmas wishlist… By Hugo Brown Another year, another dollar. And what a year. We all know that late 2022 was something of a cliff edge moment; increased interest rates...
13 Dec, 2023 TotalEnergies Acquires several Start-ups in the Electricity Business By David Hunt This I find very interesting on a number of levels. Firstly, I was very dismissive earlier in the year when TotalEnergies sold off their...
12 Dec, 2023 Revitalising German Entrepreneurship amid economic challenges By Stephen Robinson Amid the current economic downturn, Verena Pausder, new head of the German Start-ups Association is advocating for a bold entrepreneurial...
30 Nov, 2023 Gender in Venture – a long way to go By Emily Wood Ada Ventures, a UK venture capital firm, has recently released a first of its kind report, in partnership with Diversity VC and Google...
23 Nov, 2023 Mitigating Risks in Startup Investments: Best Practices and Proactive Strategies By Alex Wong Alex Chan As a result of previous years' policies involving low interest rates and quantitative easing, numerous institutional investors and...
22 Nov, 2023 Autumn Statement: Supporting entrepreneurs By Charlie Hewlett Earlier today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt took to his feet to unveil his 110 measures that will impact millions of...
15 Nov, 2023 Patent-Filing Startups Raise More Money By David Golub It's more important than ever for startups to file patent applications to not only safeguard their innovations but also to ensure they...
15 Nov, 2023 What is EIS relief? By Andrew Loan The enterprise investment scheme ("EIS") is a collection of parallel income tax and capital gains tax ("CGT") reliefs that can apply to...