James Phipson explains everything about insolvency in this article: its definition, how it differs from bankruptcy, the role of insolvency practitioners, and its impact on businesses, employees, and sole traders. Find out how to identify if your business is heading towards insolvency.

A Founders' Agreement is essential for any startup. Learn why it's crucial for defining roles, responsibilities, and ownership, preventing future conflicts and ensuring your business thrives. Protect your investment today.

Turning your innovative idea into a thriving startup requires more than just passion and a good plan. It demands a strategic approach to funding, and understanding the different avenues available is crucial. In this article, James Phipson helps you identify if venture capital (VC) is the right fit for your startup.

Is VC funding right for your business? If you're tackling a huge problem, have a clear edge over competitors, and boast a dream team built for explosive growth, then venture capital might be your key to success In this article, James Phipson dives deep into a checklist for founders to see if VC investment aligns with their vision.

Building a high growth entrepreneurial venture? Got your Board of Directors in place? Today's article tackles the burning question: When to form your board of directors, and what are their key responsibilities?

Small businesses play a crucial role in the UK economy, and small business owners have a significant impact on contributing to its growth and prosperity. In this blog, we will explore the small business landscape in the UK, the various types of grants available, and how Dragon Argent, can help you secure these grants.

From 1 April 2023, there are several changes to the UK R&D scheme to be implemented as a result of the 2021 Budget. We felt it useful to summarise these in this week’s newsletter with some help from our Head of Tax, Misha Patel.  

In this week’s newsletter Dragon Argent are sharing quick-fire answers to some of the most common questions we receive from business owners when they begin to plan an exit from their company. Typically, these transactions fall into the category of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and for someone exiting a business, specifically sell side M&A. Our Head of Corporate & Commercial Law, Freddie-Nicole Brace provides the answers.

In this week’s newsletter Dragon Argent Commercial Strategy Advisor & Chief Commercial Officer James Taylor had a look at the recent shift in the startup funding landscape that has taken place throughout the first half of 2022. More importantly, we are going to offer some guidance on how founders can insulate themselves from the increasingly challenging environment.

In this week’s newsletter, Dragon Argent examines some fundamentals of building pitch decks to raise investment. Certainly, for tech-enabled businesses that are capital intensive, raising investment is an essential aspect of scaling the business.

Dragon Argent would like to invite you to attend an online workshop for founders and management teams on "How to Build Enterprise Value".

Is your business missing out on a potential vital cash injection? Or could you reduce your corporation tax liability freeing up cash to invest in growth? In this week’s newsletter, we'll also provide a recap on the research and development tax credit essentials every business owner should know.

In our first newsletter of the year, we're going to take a look at how a company can carry out a valuation for the first time. There are a number of reasons why a founder might want to do this, but primarily for our clients its part of the process of raising equity investment.