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Entrepreneurship Funding Investment News 

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART SECURES FINAL CLOSE FOR NEW DESIGN AND INNOVATION FUND

December 1, 2025December 1, 2025 NewsDesk British creative industries, Christoph Lindner, CleanTech innovation, createch sector, Director, Dr Nadia Danhash, early-stage investment UK, Enterprise Investment Scheme, Fund Manager and Partner, Fund Manager and Partner at Infinity Asset Management LLP, Infinity Asset Management LLP; Dr Nadia Danhash, InnovationRCA, InnovationRCA portfolio, maritime emissions technology, MedTech start-ups, President and Vice-Chancellor of the Royal College of Art, President and Vice-Chancellor; Sarah Butler, Professor Christoph Lindner, RCA investment fund, Royal College of Art innovation, Sarah Butler, seed enterprise investment scheme, sustainable biomaterials, UK design-led start-ups, university spinouts UK, venture capital UK

RCA Innovation Fund Closes After Securing Backing for Design-Led UK Start-Ups The Royal College of Art has closed its debut

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Property 

ESTATE AGENTS GAIN £305M COMMISSION THROUGH VALPAL LEAD GENERATION PLATFORM

September 24, 2025 NewsDesk AI-powered, Bank of England, commission, Craig Vile, Director, earning, earnings, Estate agents, homeowners, London, Market, Money, mortgage, mortgage market., profit, The ValPal Network, TVPN, UK, WhatsApp

Estate agents across the UK secured more than £305 million in commission during the first half of 2025 thanks to

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Banking Finance 

PERSONAL INSOLVENCIES SURGE WHILE BUSINESS FAILURES HOLD STEADY

September 22, 2025 NewsDesk borrowing, Budget, businesses, continuing food price inflation, corporate, corporate insolvencies, Debt Relief Orders, Director, DROs, financial, GDP, housing costs, insolvencies, Insolvency, James Cowper Kreston, President of R3, stable stress”, Tom Russell, UK, UK Economy, utility bills

Corporate insolvencies fell slightly in August but remain significantly higher than a year ago, while personal insolvencies continued to climb,

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Construction Property 

£12.4M OFFICE-TO-RESIDENTIAL SCHEME BACKED IN SOUTH LONDON

September 10, 2025 NewsDesk Atelier, Chief Executive, Day One LTV, development funding, Director, GLPG, Lambeth, Lending Director, local housing, London, Lotus Living, New Homes Programme, Nick Swerner, Rajiv Nehru, Rav Kudhail, South London, Streatham, transaction

Development finance lender Atelier has provided a £12.4m loan to fund the conversion of a former office building in Streatham,

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Banking Beauty Finance 

TIKTOK SENSATION SKINCARE BRAND GLOWS WITH HSBC UK FUNDING

November 28, 2024 NewsDesk Area Director, Director, family-run business, haircare, HSBC, HSBC UK, manufacturing, Nature Spell, Sach Gulati, Sharon Murphy, shop, skincare, TikTok, TikTok Shop, UK manufacturing

TikTok Shop’s bestselling haircare and skincare brand is set for growth with support from HSBC UK. Nature Spell will use a £1.9m

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Awards Banking News Women in Business 

FINAL DEADLINE FOR 2024 LLOYDS BANK BRITISH BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 28

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 NewsDesk Black Business Show (The Lloyds Bank DE&I Champion of the Year Award), British companies, Cleanology (The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium-Sized Business of the Year Award), Commercial Director at Not On The High Street, Director, entrepreneurial start-ups, Founder of OnlyCurls, Francesca Pittaway, Frenchic (The Lloyds Bank Business of the Year), FTSE 100 Business of the Year Award, General Manager Europe for JetBlue Airways, Jonathan Caswell, Lizzie Carter, Lloyds Bank, Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards, Maja Gedosev, Octopus Energy (The Employer of the Year Award), Origination Director at LDC, Paul Morrison, Revive Collagen (The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award), Sarah Austin, SMEs, The Customer Loyalty Award and The New Founder of the Year Award, UK&I Education Lead at Zoom

British companies aiming to highlight their perseverance, their impact on the economy and society, and their achievements can take advantage

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Banking Health 

DEMENTIA NURSING HOME REOPENS FOLLOWING SUPPORT FROM HSBC UK

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 NewsDesk Archers Healthcare, COVID-19, Director, Essex, expansion, Grace Muriel nursing home, Healthcare, HSBC UK, Norfolk, Pandemic, Partho Bose, Ravi Selliah, Relationship Director, St. Albans

Seven-figure funding package allows care-home to reopen its doors for first time since pandemic A St. Albans nursing home which

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Events News 

LINE-UP OF EVENTS FOR LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE 2024 ANNOUNCED

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 NewsDesk artmaths, Benjamin O'Connor, Children's science, Councillor Ruth Dombey, Director, Engineering, festival, Food, LFA, London, London Borough of Sutton, London Cancer Hub, London Festival of Architecture, New London Architecture, Oru Sutton, Preston Benson, Sound lounge, STEAM, Sutton, Sutton Business Improvement DistrictBID, Sutton Dance, Sutton High Street, Technology

The exciting line-up of free events for Sutton’s leg of the prestigious London Festival of Architecture (LFA) has been announced. Sutton’s programme

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Education 

UTSAHA EDUCATION ENTERS THE UK MARKET WITH BARNES DAYCARE PURCHASE

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 NewsDesk Barnes, Barnes Day Care, business sale, Christie & Co, Director, Education, Harrison Clark Rickerbys, Joe Mulrenan, learning, Louise Campbell, Mark Traynor, Rebecca Leask, sales process, selling business, Solicitors, Sophie Willcox, South West London, TLT LLP, Utsaha Education

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Barnes Day Care in Barnes, South West London. Barnes Day Care is

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