PPC Protect has launched its annual Global PPC Click Fraud Report which examines over 1 billion ad clicks to uncover the sheer global impact fraudulent activity has on businesses of every size - accounting for between £14,000 and £700,000 per year lost to each business as fraud schemes and criminal gangs adapted and ramped up their efforts to defraud businesses of nearly £25billion¹ lost through click fraud in 2020.

HNB Construction Services Ltd has secured a £225k loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

Insurtech startup Nayms has closed a £1.5m seed round led by XBTO, alongside other top investors across insurance, capital markets and crypto such as Coinbase Ventures, Maven11, the founders of Synthetix and Insurtech Gateway, who co-founded the project with CEO, Dan Roberts, from day one.  The funding will enable Nayms to continue launching larger pilot programs in preparation for a full launch later in 2021 following graduation from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) sandbox into a full regulatory licence.

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has agreed the sale of Broadstone, 

For investors, it’s an incredibly unsettling time. Uncertainty continues to sweep the stock market and it’s anyone’s guess just how far the economic impact of coronavirus will spread. 

Some sectors have been sucker-punched by the crisis, such as airlines, leisure and travel. In a few cases, companies are facing a battle for survival. 

When it comes to managing a portfolio of shares, the majority hand the hard work to a fund manager, believing that the costs of trading and rebalancing portfolios are too much for an individual investor to bear. 

However, you can beat the City with a little know how. 

Ben Hobson, Markets Editor at Stockopedia explains why now might be the perfect time to break free and run your own investment portfolio.

RevGlue, a platform that enables affiliates and online publishers to easily monetise their websites, blogs, mobile apps and social channels, has secured investment of £300k from GC Angels and Admitad to scale up its sales and marketing activity in the UK.

British premium low-alcohol spirits startup, CleanCo, has secured £7 million funding as investors and consumers reveal an insatiable thirst for hangover-free drinking. The latest investment takes the total now raised by the business to £9.1 million.

Foresight Group has made a £4.5 million investment into iMist Holdings Limited, a manufacturer and installer of water mist fire protection systems for homes and residential buildings. 

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has completed a commitment of €40m to the first close of Harbert/Claret European Growth Capital Fund III. 

Nick Lyth is Founder and Director of Green Angel Syndicate, the only angel investment syndicate in the UK specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming. 

In an unprecedented crisis never apparently experienced before, as Climate Change, is it possible to learn lessons from history?

We are considering Climate Change with no sense of previous experience to guide us. There is an explicit demonstration of this in all the language used. "Never before", "existential", "extinction" are all words appearing in accounts of the problem. The scale of the challenge is considered to be unique.

Catherine Gannon of Gannons Solicitors looks at how to ensure a smooth relationship between investors and entrepreneurs.

As lawyers we get the task of creating the structure and putting into words the ‘commercials’ of an investment. There are two sides. The Founders will be concerned with the company valuation, how much money they need and how much equity/control they are willing/able give up. The Angel will be concerned with ensuring that the business is a good investment and putting in place measures to protect their investment.

Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on building the consumer brands of tomorrow, has successfully exited its investment in Pasta Evangelists, which delivers restaurant-quality pasta direct to customers by post. The innovative meal kit business has agreed a deal whereby Italian firm, Barilla Group, will acquire a majority stake. The value of the deal is undisclosed.