By Richard Mann
It seems everybody is doing the crowdfunding thing at the moment. New crowd platforms are popping up everywhere. To avoid being left behind, some business angel networks are partnering up with crowd platforms or even launching into the market themselves.
As the fintech market continues to surge, mobile apps have become the number one method for consumers to manage finances, a report from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has found.
The chief financial officer of consumer-facing local business marketplace Yelp, Rob Krolik, has joined the board of media engagement firm Shazam, which suggests an IPO could be on the way.
Discount retailer Sports Direct has appointed Matt Pearson as an interim finance chief, following ongoing discontent among shareholders. He will also join the board.
UK businesses have experienced a difficult couple of years, as markets have been dominated by economic uncertainty. However, as we move through 2015, we are beginning to witness economic recovery momentum and confidence from business professionals is increasing.
Following a 19-year accountancy career, CFO David Cockburn joined Innis & Gunn to pursue an ambitious expansion plan. With the company labelled as the best-selling British bottled beer abroad and a funding scheme underway to construct a brewery, he’s undoubtedly helped the company take the drinks industry by storm.
Conference call provider Powwownow has 1.7m users worldwide across 85 countries – so what’s next on the horizon
London firm Funding Circle entered the record books on 23 April by securing a place as one of the top five VC investment deals in British history. Real Business has caught up with CEO Samir Desai, who opened up on how the company managed to raise rounds of $65m and $150m in under a year.
The findings of the eighth annual CFO Research Global Business and Spending Monitor, based on a sampling of 565 senior finance and corporate executives, highlighted the reasons why 64 per cent of UK companies have reported higher revenues than a year ago.
Google is not afraid to lure in top executive talent, as was shown by the hefty $70m the company paid Morgan Stanley’s CFO Ruth Porat – enticing her to defect from her job in New York. Keen to secure “Wall Street’s most powerful woman” the company offered Porat stock valued at $25m. But what is the company’s true intentions
