Throughout the month of September, the Ulster Society is partnering with British Business Bank (BBB) to deliver ‘Funding Future Growth’, a series of virtual Access to Finance webinars that will help advisors encourage and enable SMEs to seek the finance best suited to their needs.
On 21 September the Ulster Society hosted the second of these three weekly webinars, titled 'The NI ScaleUp Economy'
A recording of the webinar is available to view for free and on demand HERE
A copy of the ScaleUp Institute presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Lorraine Acheson's presentation is available
HERE
A copy of Susan Nightingale's presentation is available
HERE
Members can book the next event in the series
HERE
A recording and supporting information for the first event 'Unlocking Debt Finance' is available
HERE
A list of links and contacts from presenters in the second webinar are below:
British Business Bank https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/
Our aim is to make finance markets work better for small businesses in the UK at all stages of their development: starting up, scaling up and staying ahead.
Susan Nightingale, Senior Manager Northern Ireland
Email: susan.nightingale@british-business-bank.co.uk
Other related BBB links resources:
Enterprise Capital Funds Programme
British Patient Capital
British Business Investments - Regional Angels Programme
Co-Fund NI
Ipsos MORI Access to Finance Survey - NI Spotlight Report
Ipsos MORI Access to Finance Survey - NI Slide Deck
Ipsos MORI Access to Finance Survey - UK Wide Report
BBB Finance Hub
ScaleUp Institute
https://www.scaleupinstitute.org.uk/
Innovate UK
Innovate UK Funding
Innovate UK guidance for applicants
Innovate UK Edge
KTN
Lorraine Acheson, Manager Northern Ireland
Email: lorraine.acheson@innovateuk.ukri.org
Cirdan
https://www.cirdan.com/
Hugh Cormican, CEO & Founder
Email: hcormican@cirdan.com
Simple Scaling
https://simplescaling.com/
Brendan McGurgan, Director & Co-Founder
Email: bmcgurgan@simplescaling.com
FinnCap Capital Markets
https://www.finncap.com/
James Thompson, Corporate Finance Director
Email: JThompson@finncap.com
BGF
https://www.bgf.co.uk/
Gemma Hamilton, Investor – Central Scotland & Northern Ireland
Email: gemma.hamilton@bgf.co.uk
London Stock Exchange Group – AIM markets
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/raise-finance/equity/aim
Bod Buckby – Head of UK Primary Markets, North
Email: bod.buckby@lseg.com