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18th-Century Crowd-Funding

Adrian Teal | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Press, Patronage, Crowd-Funding, Scandal, Newspapers, UK Books, UK Culture, Courtesans, Georgians, UK Entertainment News
Adrian Teal

The 18th century was a Golden Age for newspapers. The Georgian press delighted in cataloguing the vices of the age, and playwrights, politicians, actors, and courtesans were all afforded celebrity status by magazines and popular prints of the period. The parallels with today's media are startlingly obvious.

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LIVE Q&A - Financing Options For Businesses

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Small and Medium Enterprises, Smes, Alternative Finance, Lending, Business News, Startups, Entrepreneurs, UK Business, Start Ups, Capital, Start Up Capital, Crowd Funding, UK News

The number of mortgages granted in the UK has increased by a third since the launch of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), the government's flagship...

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Classic Video Game To Be Remade After £1.25M Funding Drive

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Gaming, UK News, Video Games, Elite Dangerous, Elite, David Braben, Crowd Funding, Kickstarter, UK Tech News

The classic video game Elite will be remade after its creator raised more than £1.25 million on the crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Elite was a...

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Charlie Thomas

Alternative Funding Model Gets A Nod From The Treasury

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Small Business, Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurs, Financial Conduct Authority, Seedrs, Funding Circle, Crowd Funding, Financial Services Authority, Small and Medium Enterprises, Smes, Peer to Peer Lending, Investment, UK Economy, Banking, Business News, Zopa, UK Business, UK News

The Treasury has announced that peer-to-peer lending will fall under the Financial Conduct Authority for its regulations, adding credibility and boost...

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Crowd Funding the Man Who Wrote for Tony Hancock Ten Years After He Died

John Fleming | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Terry Jones, Books, Max Miller, Barry Cryer, Arthur Haynes, Goons, Benny Hill, Paul Merton, Crowd Funding, Publishing, Three Stooges, Hancock, Carry On, Monty Python, Comedy, Jimmy Clitheroe, UK Comedy News
John Fleming

If you pay £1,000, you can have the forgotten comedy hero of your choice added into the book.

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How Kickstarter Supports Creative Risk and Reward

Tom Hunter | Posted 23.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Kickstarter, Book Publishing, Crowd Funding, Self-Publishing, Home News
Tom Hunter

I've never met Chuck. I live in London, he lives somewhere in America. I'm a bit sketchy on the precise details of exactly where he claims to live, but that's okay and, regardless of this shocking lack of personal information, I recently decided I'd enjoy the opportunity to give Chuck some of my money.

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Funding Great Public Spaces Doesn’t Need to Be an Olympian Effort

Chris Gourlay | Posted 13.07.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Spacehive, UK Impact, Charity, Crowd Funding, Cody Dock, London Olympics, East London, River Lee, London Investment, David Suchet, Public Space, UK Tech News
Chris Gourlay

Whatever your view on the Olympics, there's no doubt that east London is being transformed. But one landmark you won't find on any investment plans - or even Google Maps for that matter - is Cody Dock, a former gasworks on the River Lea, lying derelict between Canary Wharf and the Olympic Park.

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How you can Fund Ethical Projects with Peoplefund.it

Julian Benson | Posted 31.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Emily Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, KEO Digital, Ethical Projects, Crowdsourcing, Kickstarter, River Cottage, Peoplefund.it, KickStarter.Com, Crowd Funding, UK Tech News
Julian Benson

Like an ethical Kickstarter, Peoplefund.it allows you to support projects that aim to do something good for the world. But unlike the other crowd funding sites out there, Peoplefund.it lets users donate skills and time as well as money.

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