Non-doms to feel the squeeze as government takes more action
By Gary Heynes
Proposed new rules for non-domiciled people could lead to the “non-dom” status only being interesting to the ultra-wealthy. Is it time to say goodbye to the rich
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Alibaba spin-off to put pressure on Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer
Yahoo has announced plans for a tax-free spin-off of their remaining holdings in Alibaba into an investment company called SpinCo. This move will most likely save Yahoo’s core business.
What do businesswomen want
By Claire Mason
David Cameron wants to make the Conservatives “the party of the roofers and the retailers, the builders and the businesswomen”. But what do “businesswomen” actually want
The impact sliding oil prices will have on major oil companies round the world
Michael Hewson takes a market-wide look at the major oil companies round the world, and analyses the impact sliding oil prices will have on their revenues and dividends.
Europes pre-Series A funding gap is good news for both investors and entrepreneurs
Maria Dramalioti-Taylor, founder of London-based VC firm AngelLab, shows the scale of the “No Man’s Land” between seed and Series A funding in Europe and argues that despite appearances, it is actually good news for the ecosystem.
Will 2015 be the year IPOs skyrocket
After a dearth of capital markets activity, due to the financial and credit crises of late, initial public offerings (IPO) came back with a vengeance in 2014 with a record amount of funds raised through IPOs in London and globally. In the UK we saw many large household names securing IPOs in 2014. However, the flurry in the capital market in the first half of 2014 was not reflected in the second half, with market volatility resulting in many prospective IPO candidates having to delay their plans
UK plc: Clueless within Europe, rudderless without
By Gavin Devine
One of the mainstays of the British media, and increasingly of British politicians, is that European regulations are loading unfair and unnecessary burdens onto British business. But what is in the best interests of UK plc
To create a “jobs factory” we need to support the “S” in SMEs
By Jane Gomez
The Supper Club MD Jane Gomez gives her opinion on the recent Start Up Loans funding commitment and explains what must be done to support the next stage of growth – scale-ups.
Charlie Mullins: Making a workforce feel valued and thanked is key to success
The success of a good entrepreneur is marked by the success of the people they surround themselves with.
What is quantitative easing, and how does it help your business
Quantitative easing is a term often combined with buzzwords such as “treasuries”, “bonds”, “inflation” and “lending”, but all boils down to a couple of fairly simple principles.