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BLACKFINCH PROPERTY COMPLETES ITS LARGEST LOAN TO DATE WITH £20 MILLION REFINANCING DEAL

Blackfinch Property, a rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has completed its largest loan to date, a £20m refinancing for a mixed portfolio of 54 residential and commercial properties across East London. The 24-month deal from Blackfinch Property will enable the landlord to continue to provide high quality residential and commercial properties […]

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GENIE AI TO BE FIRST AI LEGAL ASSISTANT IN THE UK TO OUTPERFORM GPT-4

Genie AI, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology company, has provided an update on the progress made while developing the UK’s first AI first AI Legal Assistant. Genie AI are building proprietary Large Language Models (LLM) which lean on OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology. GPT-4 passed the multiple-choice portion of the Uniform Bar

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SCOTTISH EDGE GIVES BUSINESSES WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL FLAIR A BOOST OF £1.4 MILLION

A total of 24 businesses with high-growth potential have benefited to the tune of £1.4 million after being named as winners in the Scottish EDGE Round 21 awards, which were attended last night by First Minister Humza Yousaf (pictured above) and businessman and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter, as well as entrepreneur and world record holder,

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ISSA BROTHERS CONFIRM THEY’RE TO BUY UK OPERATIONS OF EG GROUP

A deal worth more than £2bn which will see Asda acquire the majority of EG Group’s UK and Ireland operations has been confirmed. Both companies are owned by the billionaire Issa brothers and private equity giant TDR Capital. Asda is to buy most of Blackburn-headquartered EG Group’s fuel, foodservice, grocery and merchandise business for £2.27

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FULL AGENDA RELEASED FOR THIS YEAR’S BIRMINGHAM BLACK BUSINESS SHOW

UK Black Business Show, the organisers behind Birmingham Black Business Show, has launched the agenda for this year’s event, which is taking place at the NEC on Saturday 17 June. The first-of-its-kind event for the city, Birmingham Black Business Show will this year focus on building a sustainable Black business community for the West Midlands. 

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FAN FAVOURITE FLAVOUR TO BECOME AVAILABLE IN HUNDREDS MORE UK STORES

A family farm based ice cream brand has scooped up a new UK-wide listing for its fastest growing product, putting it in closer reach of dessert fans throughout the country. Mackie’s of Scotland’s Honeycomb flavour will be available in up to 245 Waitrose outlets from June, joining the firm’s highly recognisable Traditional Real Dairy ice

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NEW BUYER SECURES JOBS FOR NORTH YORKSHIRE BASED BREWERY

Black Sheep Brewery CEO Charlene Lyons Equity lending and advisory services company, Breal Capital, has acquired Black Sheep Brewery, its shop and visitor centre and its estate of public houses. Earlier this month the Masham based brewery warned that it intended to appoint administrators, blaming a “perfect storm” of riding costs and the pandemic. The

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PROPERTY CONSULTANTS BEGIN AMBITIOUS PASSIVHAUS PROGRAMME

(L) Abbie Douglas (trainee QS) & (R) Laura Falconer (QS & PM) Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has started work on the most ambitious Passivhaus programme in Scotland for Midlothian Council at Bonnyrigg. Work is underway to build 20 new one-bedroom apartments, among 182 homes the council will deliver built to the exacting, energy-efficient Passivhaus

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SHIELD SAFETY GROUP MARKS 20 YEARS WITH INDUSTRY LANDMARKS

Shield Safety Group, the Manchester-based leading provider of professional services and software solutions across food safety, health and safety and fire safety, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary, with a series of major milestones. Since being established on 27th May 2003, the business and its clients have delivered over 50 million compliance checklists to protect its stakeholders,

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SIDEMEN BRAND TO OPEN 10 NEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UK

The Fried Chicken brand SIDES is on track to open ten locations in 2023, with the brand expanding its footprint into the North of England & Scotland. The plans will see SIDES create 100 jobs across these new locations. The game-changing chicken brand, which is part of the Virtual Hero Group, has also revealed that

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