With contrasting opinion polls making it hard to determine who will come out top in May’s general election, Real Business has been hearing from business leaders on what will be impacting on their decision. Next in line is Adam Tavener, who has spent the last few years disrupting the alternative finance market.
If there was ever a sign the banking industry is still failing to operate a credible business model, it came in the form of a KPMG report which stated that Britain’s largest banks have paid 60 per cent of their profits, since 2011, in fines and repayments to customers.
From cigar-butt investing in the 1960s, to buying wonderful businesses at fair prices rather than buying fair businesses for wonderful prices, Warren Buffett has capped half a century of famously-successful wheeling and dealing by having a look back in a letter to shareholders.
If you’re an enthusiastic entrepreneur looking to start a new venture, have you truly stopped to consider the financial aspects of setting up and growing a business
We hear from business minister Matthew Hancock and a duo of exciting entrepreneurs on why getting advice to help your business grow could be one of the most important decisions you make this year.
Mark Kanji, CEO of London-based Apptivation, has gone from an idea for an app development consultancy to a business turning over £12m inside two years. He shares his journey with us.
Trillion Fund, featured in this year’s Everline Future 50 list, was founded in 2011 by Michael Stein and Phillip Riches to open up opportunities to profit from clean energy to everyone, through crowdfunding.
Businesses that sell on a payment terms basis share a struggle involving the requirement to have invoices settled on time, causing cash flow issues to the operation. Chaser is designed to do exactly what it’s name suggests – make collecting outstanding debts more efficient.
By Ian Baxter
Ian Baxter, former finance lawyer and current founder of Baxter Freight, outlines his ten requests for whoever wins the general election in May.
Matt Powell is the financial director at Lending Works, but prior to joining the P2P lending startup, he was working at global audit firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and on the road to becoming a partner, so some would call him “crazy” for leaving.
