The spotlight on Facebook, following revelations by Frances Haugen, a former employee, again brings whistleblowing and the potential harm to companies and brands from such revelations, to the fore. Mercia’s Group Compliance Director, Rosie Bhattacharjee examines what Boards should be wary of. It’s an extreme example and, in an ideal world, any company would wish
Richard Hall, Managing Director of Pd-m, will provide powerful insight to the top 10 things you need to know when taking your product or service to market. Innovation by definition is a unique journey with highs and lows. Richard will provide practical tips, knowledge and guidance about how to mitigate the failures when innovating. Register
Dr. Paul Mattick is joined by Investment Associate, Rob Bennett as they both outline the latest Mercia EIS performance. (Capital at Risk. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future return) Visit Mercia’s EIS area Register for the next EIS webinar here
The investment will support the digital forensics company’s UK and International expansion plans Forensic Analytics, a digital forensics company whose communications analysis software is used by police forces throughout the UK, has secured a £4.5m investment from Mercia Asset Management PLC (Mercia). The company’s first fundraising, from Mercia’s own balance sheet and the Northern VCT
It has been a very successful year for Mercia’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) portfolio, particularly in the Life Sciences and Software sectors. Importantly, existing clients are pleased with the performance of Mercia’s EIS funds, and the industry is now recognising the considerable potential of Mercia, both in terms of its EIS funds and more broadly,
The pandemic has had unintended consequences, acting like a wrecking ball that has helped reimagine Diagnostics and Healthcare delivery services, accelerate research and development and, critically, regulatory approvals. Solutions had to be found swiftly during the past 19 extraordinary months and disruption has become the sector’s best friend. The need to do things differently has
Our guest contributor in this edition is Dr John Ashcroft, a consultant, non-executive director and broadcaster who specialises in economics, strategy and financial markets. He is the founder of The Saturday Economist and Dimensions of Strategy. In November 2019, I was in Moscow as a guest of Gazprom. The theme was digital disruption. ‘A threat
Mercia has a history of making a difference in the regions and delivering a positive social impact to all our stakeholder groups. Being a values-led business, we see ESG as an integral part of our financial return motivation and our commitment to operate responsibly, we are taking the long view in delivering sustainable investment solutions.
EIS investments are made into early-stage, high-growth private companies. Unquoted investments are by their nature illiquid, and so exits are vitally important in managing this high-growth asset class. Therefore, investors and advisers should look at EIS fund managers exit track record very closely before committing capital. However, there are many different types of exit
SnapDragon Monitoring, an online brand protection business, has raised £1.2m in its latest funding round – bringing the total raised to just over £3m – from ACF Investors, Mercia, and Scottish Enterprise, to help brand owners identify and remove fakes, copycats and online threats, using intellectual property to do so. The funding will be used