The latest exclusive article for SMEWeb from Small Business Commissioner Emma Jones CBE. Emma runs the independent public body that tackles late payments and unfair payment practices.
The Department...
The share of equity investment going to all female-founded businesses remained at 2% in 2025, the same as the average across the last decade.
All-female...
The share of equity investment going to all female-founded businesses remained at 2% in 2025, the same as the average across the last decade.
All-female...
AI businesses received 44% of all equity investment into UK smaller businesses in 2025, the highest share on record.
But that increase came as overall...