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Evaluation of the investment readiness demonstration project and Fit4Finance

Over recent years, the government has taken steps to improve the supply of finance, particularly equity finance, to small businesses. However, it was also recognised that steps needed to be taken to help more small businesses to become ´investment ready´ if they were to take advantage of this increased supply of equity finance. Lack of investment rediness is related to factors such as the limited understanding of the available financing options, a failure to appreciate the needs of investors and the poor quality and presentation of business plans. [...]
Year of publication:
2004-06-01
Institutions: Great Britain / Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Subject: Investitionsneigung | Eigenkapital | Kapitalbedarf | Super-replication | Demonstration <Motiv>
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  • Executive summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Context
  • 1.2. Study objectives and outputs
  • 1.3. Methodology
  • 1.4. Report structure
  • 2. Overview of the Demonstration Objects
  • 2.1. The deliverers
  • 2.2. Profile of participating businesses
  • 2.3. Components of an Investment Readiness Demonstration Project
  • 2.4. Scale of activities
  • 2.5. Project costs
  • 3. Deliverers´experience - common learning and good practice
  • 3.1. Section 1: Client focus
  • 3.2. Section 2: marketing, awareness raising and selection
  • 3.3. Section 3: Delivery of support
  • 3.4. Section 4: Interaction with investors
  • 3.5. Section 5: The delivery team
  • 3.6. Section 6: Rolling out the investment readiness support
  • 3.7. Section 7: The costs of delivery
  • 4. SME´s experience . survey findings
  • 4.1. Introdustion
  • 4.2. the full programm of support
  • 4.3. Additionality
  • 5. Conclusion: role, effectiveness and readiness
  • 5.1. The overall effectiveness of the initiative
  • 5.2. Outcomes
  • 5.3. Rationale for public sector support and its implications
  • 5.4. Concluding remarks
  • 6. Annexes
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