Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:05:10 +0000
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Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:00:25 +0000
Insider under 42 awards
Great to see three of our businesses listed in the Insider Under 42 Awards this week - Modern English, Hiring Hub and Loving Outdoors. Well done!
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:29:40 +0000
» ‘Ugly’ Is Effective: Give Your Landing Pages A Makeover » Inside the Offervault
Good article on optimising conversion rates from your website's landing page. Ugly is the new beautiful!
Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:24:16 +0000
The Conservative Party | Get Involved | Start-Up Hub
Start-up businesses and entrepreneurs can apply to showcase their businesses to thousands of delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester in October. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 29th July 2011. Check out the details to enter and eligibility:
Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:49:57 +0000
Reversing The Triple Twin-Track Backwards | Corporate Finance North West
This article points to a very fragile and patchy economic situation outside SE England, with Manchester's economic critical mass being the best prospect for the NW region. That gives me renewed belief in what we're doing at Innospace: supporting shining young talent and new businesses start-ups against a dull economic backdrop...
Thu, 19 May 2011 16:27:59 +0000
Business Support Update
Business Link is changing the way it supports start-up businesses - sign up to their newsletter and comment on their plans for delivering support on-line. You can also access the Government's 'contracts finder' for SMEs.
Mon, 23 May 2011 11:32:17 +0000
Corporate Finance North West's latest report, investigating the 'funding gap' for NW SMEs
A NEW report, produced by Funding Enterprise, outlines the key challenges regarding corporate finance in the post-recession economy in the North West of the UK. Findings include the drop of availability of debt financing for early stage companies, differing definitions of the “funding gap” and different views on the availability of capital. Overall, the literature suggests that such a gap does exist. The project team used primary research to query early stage businesses, investors and finance experts on contemporary and post-recession issues on the difficulties that early-stage businesses face when seeking finance, and how this landscape can improve. The study touches upon the importance of networking, difficulties to demonstrate market opportunity, lack of ambition to achieve large scale, and a misbalance of power in investor-client relationships. Funding Enterprise has developed an investment readiness assessment tool on the back of this research.
Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:55:19 +0000
Talking Point: What does venture capital mean? : North West : Insider News : Insider Media Ltd
Innospace resident Malcolm Evans launches Essential Guide to Earlier Stage Corporate Finance.