Tagged: birmingham

January 7, 2022 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, notes that as 2022 gets underway, they’ve reflected on the “strength” and “resilience” of the UK property market. With property prices and rents surging to double digit growth in some areas of the UK,… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a significant endorsement of the city, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has opened an office in Birmingham, UK – a community that has been promoting itself as an alternative to super pricey London. Goldman Sachs stated that Birmingham offers access to a deep talent pool, excellent… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Several weeks back at the annual Paris Fintech Forum, Crowdfund Insider had the chance to sit down with a representative from Birmingham in the United Kingdom. While London is well-known for being a global financial centre and leading Fintech hub, Birmingham is emerging as an… Read More

July 2, 2017 @ 4:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Birmingham City Council (BCC) announced it is supporting residents by matching funding for community crowdfunded projects through crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder UK. The funding portal revealed BCC’s Public Health Department will be supporting residents who wish to “take action now” towards health issues (such… Read More

February 6, 2017 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK announced on Monday it has teamed up with the Birmingham City Council to launch Crowdfund Birmingham. According to Crowdfunder UK, the Birmingham City Council has set aside £470,000 from its Community Innovation Fund to provide match funding to pledge on projects that will benefit… Read More

January 27, 2017 @ 11:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Birmingham City Council is joining forces with ART Business Loans and P2P lender ThinCats  to assist Birmingham SMEs that are unable to obtain any or all financing needed from high street banks, reported the Birmingham News. “Peer to peer finance solves two problems at once;… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Birmingham-based mobile payment startup, Droplet, recently finished its crowdfunding round on Crowdcube. Originally seeking £500,000 for a 12.56% in equity, the company has successfully secured nearly £575,000. Droplet is a mobile payments app that allows users to pay without having to queue, and collect rewards on their phone each time they spend.  Supposedly, one of the reasons businesses love the startup is… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, the University of Alabama in Birmingham launched its own crowdfunding platform, called Crowdfunding at UAB, as a way to help students, faulty, and staff secure funds for special projects. According to the University’s student-ran media outlet, UAB News, director of annual giving… Read More

September 26, 2014 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks after Foo Fighters, took to the stage at their crowdfunded concert in Richmond, Virginia, a group of UK fans are taking matters into their own hands to bring the hit rock band across the pond. A crowdfunding campaign was launched on… Read More