Fancy a boost from the taxman?
By Real Business
It’s not often the taxman gives you money – but if your company has an R&D department, you could be eligible for tax credits or a cash payment. Here's how to get a slice of the pie.

IS Pharma goes for growth
By Real Deals
Chester-based medical devices business gets a major boost.

Currency changes can turn profit into loss
By Catherine Woods
Take note of currency changes, urges FC Exchange managing director Nick Fullerton, who says that fluctuations can be turned to a business’s advantage.

The tax perils of associated companies
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
When Andy Davidson started Leaf-it-at-home, he wanted it to be an independent operation. But the taxman had other ideas.

Breast cancer firm makes breakthrough
By Peter Kneller
University of Bristol spin-out Micrima secures significant investment to push forward its imaging technology.

Move over Dragons' Den....Angels' Den has arrived
By Melissa Hancock
Lois Cook decided that not only was there not enough funding available for entrepreneurs, but the amount that angel groups were charging was "criminal". And so last May, Angelsden.co.uk was born which charges a £499 flat fee for entrepreneurs to post their business plans on a site with 1,100 angels.  

Winners of the 2008 CBI/RealFD FDs’ Excellence Awards announced
By Real FD
A crowd of 400 people were at the London Marriot Grosvenor Square last night to witness the crowning of the winners of this year's Real FD/CBI FDs' Excellence Awards.

Hutton says funds still available to SMEs
By Catherine Woods
The banks have assured the UK government they're still keen to lend to small businesses, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform John Hutton has told the Entrepreneurs’ Summit.

The week in deals
By Carryn Dewing
Here are some of the deals that have been done at the smaller end of the market this week.

Fungal entrepreneurs go for growth
By Matthew Rock & Real Deals
One of the UK's smartest diagnostics firms, Myconostica, looks set for 2009 exit.