A magic solution for SMEs?
As head of the Business Growth Fund, Stephen Welton has been instrumental in investing €1bn into credit-starved companies in Britain. Now BGF plans to do the trick for Irish companies too
Martin O’Neill’s Ireland may have worked precious little magic at Lansdowne Road on Tuesday night, but across town Stephen Welton was opening his evening with a rather clever conjuring trick.
A substantial crowd had gathered at the Shelbourne Hotel for the launch of the Business Growth Fund (BGF), a €250 million-backed foray into the Irish small and medium business investment market. As well as heading up BGF and having a track record that ...