Just how many minutes did you spend commuting last year? How did that pint last night affect your sleep? What area of New York City is most likely to trigger an asthma attack? And how did that cup of coffee affect your mental performance this morning? Somewhere, people are asking themselves these very questions.
Interest in the role of external economies and spill over effects as an influence on regional and local growth has grown remarkably in recent years.
Today's budget announcement on the changes of EIS tax incentives is promising to facilitate more early stage investments to UK based companies currently struggling to secure external finance from other means.
NESTA welcomes the recently announced seed enterprise investment scheme (SEIS)
Could crowdfunding be a long-term source of capital for those seeking to finance social, creative or business ventures?
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