This week, the proroguing of Parliament officially began, with the House suspended for five weeks until the 14th of October. A vote once again failed to pass that would have led to a general election and any decision on what Brexit will look like – whether it occurs on the… read more

New statistics released this week show that the UK’s private equity and venture capital market is leading Europe toward a record year for private investment. UK-based firms raised €4.3bn of VC funding during the first six months of 2019 – over double the €2.1bn seen in the same period in… read more

Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the Government will suspend Parliament for five weeks from mid-September. This break will be used to end the current session of Parliament and bring forward an opportunity for Boris Johnson to set out his ambitious plans for the UK post-Brexit. While the… read more

Figures from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have shown that technology startups based in the UK have received a record £5.5billion of foreign investment in the first seven months of 2019. The new statistics highlight the demand for and faith in the UK’s technology sector – especially… read more

Rhetoric around the uncertainty of Brexit, the UK’s political sphere and underperforming equity funds have left both investors and businesses somewhat unsure of where to turn. The FTSE 100 has seen six days of losses and has fallen more than 5% since U.S. President Donald Trump announced more tariffs on Chinese… read more

Sajid Javid has been named as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Priti Patel as Home Secretary and Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary. The cabinet has mostly been filled with MPs who backed Brexit and many have made it clear that on the 31st of October the UK will leave the EU,… read more

Plans to increase the number of British female entrepreneurs by 50% have taken a leap forward this week, with major banks and venture capital firms coming together at Downing Street to sign what is called the Investing in Women Code, signalling their support for a hugely important cause for the… read more

In a period of political uncertainty, it is of the utmost importance to continue to support innovation and growing small businesses within the UK to ensure a forward-facing and global economy. Myriad opportunities exist in the UK for this, especially within our world leading tech sector. IW Capital have commissioned… read more