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Woodford fund compensation for investors likely to total 77p in the pound

Takeover of frozen fund’s administrator and FCA ruling could filter extra £235m to 300,000 investors

The Guardian - UK

Woodford fund investors offered up to £235m in FCA’s redress scheme

However, the deal is conditional on the completion of a sale of Link Group’s fund solution business to Waystone Group

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak accused of 'complete lack of transparency' as wife's shares kept secret

Details of investments worth hundreds of millions of pounds that are owned by the PM's heiress wife Akshata Murty were not included on a list of ministerial interests

Daily Mirror

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British govt publishes PM Sunak and other ministers' interests

Britain's government on Wednesday published an updated list of ministers' interests, including an outline of the affairs of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is under investigation over whether he properly declared his wife's shareholdings.

Reuters

Over £60m raised by credit card start-up backed by former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand

The investment means the company is now valued at more than £70m

Manchester Evening News

US firm 777 Partners retains 'serious interest' in Everton investment after holding talks with Farhad Moshiri

Miami-based 777 Partners have held talks with Everton earlier this year over a potential deal

Liverpool Echo

Credit card start-up backed by Rio Ferdinand raises over £60m

The investment means the company is now valued at more than £70m

Birmingham Post

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Private equity investors Foresight Group launch Newcastle office amid £20m addition to regional fund

Foresight's North East Fund has secured funding from the British Business Bank

Birmingham Post

‘A naive and stupid idea’: how Rishi Sunak’s Future Fund spent millions on failed firms

The then chancellor’s loan scheme, set up as Covid hit, was supposed to keep dynamic startups going, but ended up giving taxpayer cash to long-established or lame duck businesses

The Guardian - UK

ETZ's £2 million challenge fund opens

Grants of up to £250,000 are being made available to help the energy supply chain realise low carbon sector opportunities

Insider UK

Venture Capitalist Lisa Lambert of National Grid on ‘toughing it out,’ disrupting energy grid

Lisa Lambert has come a long way from her childhood in Toledo, Ohio, raised by a single mother in subsidized housing.

Tribune News Service

Leaving London: ‘How I swapped renting in Clapham for my own penthouse and a new business in the Lake District’

A home in the Lake District, and a fresh start, all for around the same monthly costs as a room in Clapham

Evening Standard

£15 million Scottish tech investment fund unveiled

'No warm introduction required' policy aimed at breaking barriers to securing early-stage investment

Insider UK

North East Fund extended to end of year - with extra £10m available

The business support fund first launched in 2018 had been due to close at the end of March but will now run longer

Birmingham Post

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BrewDog boss puts up £5m of own money find the next unicorn

The brewery's chief executive also reveals he was rejected twice by Dragons' Den

Birmingham Post

Swansea learning enterprise raises six-figure funding to support growth plans

2B Enterprising has completed a second investment round from a syndicate of 10 business angels led by Angels Invest Wales

Birmingham Post

East Yorkshire alternative lender passes £20m funding milestone

One Stop Business Finance now aims for £30m target ahead of 10th anniversary

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moody's Changes Saudi PIF's Outlook to Positive

Moody's has changed its outlook on Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) from "stable" to "positive" and affirmed its long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at A1. According to the performance evaluation, the rating reflects PIF's standalone creditworthiness as expressed by a BCA of A1.

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Birmingham Post

Venture capital flocks to Northern Ireland high growth firms

VC investment jumped one third to £139 million last year

The Guardian - US

Billionaire Peter Thiel claims he has $50m of his own money stuck in SVB fall

In the wake of the bank’s crisis, venture capitalists have been trading accusations over who is responsible for the collapse

The Guardian - US

Wineries to affordable housing: SVB fall knocks out more than startups

Demise of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled not just businesses and investors but the ecosystem that grew up around it

Birmingham Post

The latest equity deals and investment news in Wales

Deals include fundraising for Creo Medical, Coincover and CanSense with fund managers invited to bid for the British Business Bank's new £130m fund for Wales.

Bangkok Post

Venture capital cautious following SVB collapse

Local venture capital (VC) firms have raised their guard against investment in fintech and startups following the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) fallout in the US.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Allocates $8b to Support Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital

Saudi authorities allocated $8 billion to support entrepreneurs and venture capital, and the Saudi Venture Investment Company intends to increase the investment allocation in the coming years by $1.6 billion. The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources and the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat) signed an agreement to…

Birmingham Post

Cardiff fintech Sonovate surpasses £3.5bn in business lending

The lender provided more than £1bn to firms in 2022 as rising costs forced firms to seek finance to manage cash flow

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