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TOP CATERING BUTCHER RELOCATES TO NEW PREMISES IN HERTFORDSHIRE WITH SUPPORT FROM HSBC UK

October 24, 2025 NewsDesk British butchery, business growth UK, business relocation, catering butcher, Christian Raggio, Commercial Banking Relationship Manager, commercial banking support, Craig Wallace, food industry innovation, food supply chain, Hertfordshire business, HSBC UK, hybrid protein products, IMS of Smithfield, Managing Director, meat industry investment, sustainable meat production, UK hospitality suppliers

IMS of Smithfield Expands Operations with New Hertfordshire Facility Backed by HSBC UK One of London’s best-known catering butchers, IMS

Finance Funding

BARONSMEAD VCTs LAUNCH £50M FUNDRAISER AMID STRONG PERFORMANCE

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 NewsDesk AIM investments, Baronsmead, Baronsmead VCT, diversified portfolio, dividend yield, fundraising, Gresham House, investment trusts, NAV return, private companies, UK alternative finance, UK VCT, VCT, venture capital trust

The Baronsmead venture capital trusts (VCTs) have opened a fundraising round aiming to secure up to £50 million — an

Entrepreneurship Finance Funding

NEW PUMA VCT OFFER TARGETS GROWTH-STAGE COMPANIES WITH £70M RAISE

September 24, 2025 NewsDesk capital, Investment Manager, Nicholas Hyett, PUMA, Trust, trusts, VCT, Venture, Venture Capital Trusts, Wealth Club

Puma VCT 13 has announced the launch of a new fundraising offer of up to £70 million, as it looks

Entrepreneurship Funding

WAYBEYOND CAPITAL BACKS WEDISSIMO IN NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH

September 19, 2025 NewsDesk capital, Co-founder Andy Bowker, Co-founder David Awad-Clark, Finance, Funding, growth, Invest, Investment, strategy, UK wedding, WayBeyond Capital Ventures, wedding, wedding planning, Wedissimo

Wedissimo, the UK’s leading online wedding services marketplace, has secured fresh investment from WayBeyond Capital Ventures to accelerate its next

Entrepreneurship Finance Funding Sports

VANQUISH FITNESS SECURES £1M BOOST TO DRIVE US EXPANSION

September 17, 2025 NewsDesk athleisure, Banking, E-commerce, financing, gym, gym wear, Keisha Silvera, London, Manager, Retailer, Sports, Tottenham, UK Export Finance, UKEF, Vanquish Fitness

Vanquish Fitness, the Tottenham-based e-commerce retailer specialising in athleisure and gym wear, has secured a £1 million trade loan backed

Finance Funding News

365 FINANCE SECURES £150M POLLEN STREET FACILITY TO DRIVE SME GROWTH

February 25, 2025 NewsDesk 365 finance, Adam Brown, CEO, CFO, Funding, King’s Award for Enterprise, Michael Katramados, Pollen Street, small business, SME, SMEs, Warren Abbey

365 Finance, a leading provider of revenue-based finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK and Ireland, has

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BOUNCE ANNOUNCES $19M SERIES B TO ACCELERATE MARKET EXPANSION

November 13, 2024November 28, 2024 NewsDesk Andreessen Horowitz, Barcelona, Bounce, CEO, Cody Candee, Creator Ventures, David Hartwig, Edinburgh, General Catalyst, Inc5000, London, NYC, Paris, Partner, private company, Rico Mallozzi, Series A, Series B, storage, Sydney, Thayer Ventures, US travel company

Led by Sapphire Sport, the round includes additional investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Thayer Ventures, Creator Ventures, and

Climate Change Energy Funding Health News

NEW PARTNERSHIP SET TO UNITE BUSINESSES TO OFFSET LONDON’S CARBON EMISSIONS

June 30, 2023 NewsDesk Arup, BusinessLDN, Carbon Offset Fund, Carbon Offsetting, Co-Lead, collaborative working, emissions, gas, Ioanna Mytilinaiou, London, London Climate Action Week, Mayor of London, net zero, Offsetting, partnership, Programme Director for Sustainability, residual greenhouse, Stephen Thompson

To mark London Climate Action Week, BusinessLDN and Arup have today (Friday) announced a new partnership to explore the benefits

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BROWNE JACOBSON ADVISES SUPERSCRIPT ON £45M SERIES B FUNDING ROUND TO TRANSFORM ITS SME INSURTECH OFFERING

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 NewsDesk Amazon Business, BHL UK, Cameron Shearer, CEO, Comparethemarket, Concentric, Fintech, FinTech Partner, Fortune 500 insurer, Insurance, insurance provider, insurtech, Jon Snade, Series A round, Series B funding round, SME insurance, start-up, Superscript, The Hartford. investors, Virgin Money Bank

Browne Jacobson’s corporate tech lawyers have advised Superscript, a specialist digital-first insurance provider to SME’s and high growth tech companies