The State of crowdfunding in the UK

The crowdfunding market  “Crowdfunding has the potential to be the biggest revolution in finance of the 21st Century”. Jimmy McLoughlin, Deputy Director of Policy, Institute of Directors Crowdfunding is a growing part of the business funding landscape. In 2012 £350m was raised which grew to £2,337m in 2014 - an average growth of 410%. Average amounts raised in … Continue reading

Turning to the crowd for a business loan

Turning to the crowd The Glen Rothay Hotel Ambleside Lending directly to businesses involves risk including risk to your capital (see full risk warning at the end of this post) Peer-to-peer lending in Britain was worth £1.7bn pounds in 2014 – with nearly half of it business lending. The peer-to-peer market contributed about 1% of total … Continue reading