Simon Bain Business Correspondent/Personal Finance Editor Monday 30 June 2014 Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has become the first in the UK to form a partnership with a crowdfunding platform through a joint venture with Glasgow City Council. The tie-up with Funding Circle, the biggest business-focused platform in the peer-to-peer...
Continue ReadingThe Naked Trader Robbie has been trading full-time since 2001. His book The Naked Trader has become one of the biggest-selling finance books, reaching the top 150 books on Amazon. Trades made and published by Robbie’s have amassed profits over £600,000. You can read about his...
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As we recently reported in Crowdfund Insider, Odyssey Airlines is the first company ever to offer equity crowdfunding in two different countries simultaneously. This is the second part in a series about this “first” for the crowdfunding world. In the United Kingdom, Odyssey is currently...
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The Business Finance Guide will be launched by Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills at the House of Commons on the morning of Thursday 26 June. The Business Finance Guide is a clear, concise and accessible source...
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ShareIn are thrilled to announce that they are now authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate to a much wider audience. Prior to this they have been operating as an appointed representative of an FCA authorised entity that had more restrictive permissions as to...
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Indiegogo to get Britain crowdfunding Dylan Baker Monday June 23rd, 2014 Company hopes to raise £1m for British ideas and innovation Indiegogo, the world’s largest crowdfunding platform, has launched the inaugural Go Crowdfund Britain campaign. The initiative hopes to be the catalyst for £1m worth of investment into Britain’s best...
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By Jim Saksa: “Kickstarter, but With Stock” Equity crowdfunding was supposed to be an economic boon. Instead it’s a disaster waiting to happen. Bipartianship is so rare in Congress these days that one hopes every meaningful law passed with even just an ounce of across-the-aisle support is the...
Continue ReadingThis week in Alternative Finance open in webbrowser There have been a number of exciting developments in the p2p space this week. First and foremost, a groundbreaking partnership between Funding Circle and Santander was unveiled. The arrangement will operate as a reciprocal referral system – and will...
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One Direction star Louis Tomlinson launches crowdfunding campaign to raise £2 million for his beloved Doncaster Rovers Jun 20, 2014 01:27 By Chris Richards Louis, 22, said: "This is all about the football, the community and restoring the excitement and desire to making Doncaster Rovers the most...
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Funding Circle and Santander have launched a partnership to give small UK businesses better access to finance, writes Ryan Bembridge. 18 June, 2014 Santander will refer small business customers via its website and letters to Funding Circle when the online marketplace is better placed to help. Customers will...
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