Tagged: uk

November 20, 2012 @ 3:50 am By HemelToday  |  

A company that makes construction materials out of waste is aiming to raise £300,000 in 60 days from small investors to develop its products. Econovate, in Greenway, Hemel Hempstead, is working to put together a demonstration plant to prove its technology and start selling the… Read More

November 14, 2012 @ 4:27 am By PCAdvisor  |  

Nottinghamshire town aims to crowdfund free Wi-Fi service aims to raise £38,000 using Spacehive, a web platform devoted to civic improvement Mansfield in Nottinghamshire could become the first UK town to crowdfund its own free Wi-Fi service, using an online portal called Spacehive. Crowdfunding is a financial… Read More

November 8, 2012 @ 7:44 am By JD Alois  |  

As reported in MusicWeek, new crowdfunding site is preparing to launch with a focus on Music: The UK’s newest crowd-funding platform BankToTheFuture.com has arrived.  BankToTheFuture is music focused, aiming to support upcoming UK artists, young talent and music innovators raise the funds necessary to release… Read More

November 8, 2012 @ 3:50 am By The Stanford Daily  |  

“When you try and make change happen, that’s not easy,” conceded Steve Hilton, currently on sabbatical from his position as senior advisor for British Prime Minister David Cameron. “There are vested interests, people have different views.” Hilton, whose formidable reputation in British politics stems largely… Read More

October 31, 2012 @ 3:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Senior Bank of England executive Andy Haldane has backed calls for the creation of a shared database for the storage of customer account details, arguing that the move would help boost competition in financial services. In a speech at Occupy Economics’ Socially Useful Banking event… Read More

October 30, 2012 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

THE Full Monty star Steve Huison is to play a lead role in a film based on the true story of a ‘miracle’ Burnley boy who was born four months premature. Jack Entwistle, now seven years old, weighed just 1lb 6oz when he was born,… Read More

October 29, 2012 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The “olde worlde” charm of St Briavels in the Forest of Dean is popular with tourists. They can even stay in a 13th Century gatehouse, built by Edward I to defend a crossbow bolt factory. But now there is a new addition to the landscape… Read More

October 27, 2012 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bristol: An entrepreneur from the University of Bristol has been named on an exclusive list of top business people under the age of 30. Sam Harris, who is in his final year studying Biological Sciences, has made Shell LiveWIRE’s annual ‘Hot 40’ entrepreneur list – a… Read More

October 23, 2012 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding pioneer Ryan Bromley has joined innovation consultancy Good Innovation to help other charities develop their digital and social media impact. He joins from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) where he was Online Community Manager. While there he integrated the MyProjects site with the charity’s regionally… Read More

October 23, 2012 @ 2:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Syndicate Room is a new investment club that utilises the crowdfunding concept to allow investors that are serious about their returns to invest in promising startups. In stealth mode for now, Syndiate Room is only available to a restricted group of highly influential investors but… Read More