FINANCE AND FUNDING

Cardio startups urged to apply for DISCOVERY PARK’S £250k funding

Discovery Park has launched applications for its immersive business growth programme, ‘Discovery Spark’, seeking early-stage companies in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health. Partnered with health-specialist venture capital firm Zinc, the initiative offers expert-led business skills sessions and the opportunity to secure...

£30 million to grow UNIVERSITY research ecosystems

A major investment is helping English universities work with partners to develop emerging - and strengthen place-based - commercialisation ecosystems. Research England is investing £30 million into four ambitious regional projects through the initiative. These projects will help universities, industry and...

Record investment for UK health tech and life science start-ups

UK health tech and life sciences startups raised $1.8 billion in venture capital investment in Q1 2025, the sector’s second strongest quarter on record, according to HSBC* analysis. Health was the UK’s most funded sector this quarter by a wide...

SRM (Strategic Resource Management) can help you harness the full power of your data

In the contemporary business landscape, data has emerged as a key asset, serving as the lifeblood that drives decision-making and strategic planning. The 2020s have ushered in an era where businesses are inundated with a wealth of data from diverse...

2022: The year for UK Life Sciences?

Charles Walford, Senior Development Director and Head of Life Sciences, Stanhope PLC, considers the opportunities and challenges facing the UK’s life sciences ecosystem. The past two years have propelled life sciences into the mainstream. The sector had already seen strong...

Will 2020 be the Year You Make the Most of Innovation Tax Reliefs

It’s the start of a new decade and with that comes the chance to have a fresh look at everything that is happening in your business.  It is likely to be the most active decade for innovation that the world...

Research and Development Tax Relief– Updated HMRC Guidance for Software & IT Projects

We’ve teamed up with Annette Beresford from Jurit LLP, who have recently been awarded ‘Most Pragmatic Legal Solutions Provide 2019’ in the UK Enterprise Awards, to write this article as we share a very similar client base. Updated HMRC guidance...

Life sciences is bucking the trend in providing Venture Capital for female founders

Alice Hu Wagner - Managing Director, Strategy, Economics and Business Development at British Business Bank Life sciences is one of the most successful sectors in the UK economy and its continued growth is a key part of the Government’s industrial...

Investment at the beating Heart

The life sciences industry represents one of the most successful economic sectors in the UK and its growth is an important part of the government’s Industrial Strategy. An ageing population, a growing middle class and the increased burden of chronic...

Could your accountant have made a mistake with your Research and Development Tax Relief claim?

How would you know? What can you do about it? You could start by speaking with a specialist and even better someone who’s worked in a Top 5 CRO preparing claims for 6 years! Now I am not saying that...

Crowdfunding: 21st century capital for startups and SMEs

Although Britain has long been recognised as a country of pioneering scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs, it has historically been poor at making sufficient capital available for this creativity to blossom fully to the UK’s economic benefit. However, the last 7...

Having access to finance is an essential ingredient to grow and prosper

Graeme Fisher: Managing Director for Communications and Policy at British Business Bank Smaller businesses are a fundamental part of the UK economy, driving growth and employment creation. Those businesses categorised as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ around two thirds of...

Patient capital is the key to unlocking growth in the life sciences sector

By Keith Morgan, CEO, British Business Bank The British Business Bank, as the UK’s national economic development bank, has a mission to make finance markets for smaller businesses operate more effectively, enabling those businesses to prosper, grow and build UK...