After an era rich in debt, equity financing provides a more sustainable growth track.

By Stephen Welton, CEO of BGF, originally posted on www.growthbusiness.co.uk

I have never met an entrepreneur who willingly wants to give away a part…

The buzz surrounding the UK technology sector is getting louder. New policies and initiatives are springing up almost every week, each with their own take on how to position the UK as a haven for innovative, fast growing technology firms. Just recently Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy and arguably…

I was fascinated to see some recent research published by business software and services provider Sage that suggested that whilst British entrepreneurialism is thriving, the term itself has fallen out of fashion. According…

The majority of UK entrepreneurs believe that venture capitalists don’t really understand them. Even those that have previously worked with private equity and VC firms “could not say their investors were proactively supportive in problem solving or made an effort to fit in with their…

New research focused on Britain’s critical mid-sized businesses

There has been a growing recognition over the past few years in business, political and media circles, of the important role that mid sized SMEs play in the UK economy. These are companies typically turning over £2.5m…

When I was recruited as the Business Director, for BGF, earlier this year, part of my remit was to communicate to the UK's fast growing medium sized businesses that could benefit from the combination of growth capital and business support that we can offer. Top of my list is the manufacturing…