Mike Hackett

Nov 25, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Hinton |Mike Hackett

ThinCats, a leading alternative lender, has today announced it has provided £2bn of funding for mid-sized UK SMEs.This £2bn milestone follows a record lending year for ThinCats, reaching £378 million in funding in the financial year ending June 2024. ThinCats, ranked number 1 provider of debt funding to UK businesses in Experian’s latest MarketIQ report, has continued to grow and provide much-needed support to businesses across the UK.

Oct 15, 2024 | napavalleyregister.com | Mike Hackett

The Napa River continues to be dry (dewatered) beneath the Pope Street Bridge every spring, summer and autumn since the city began pumping water year-round from the two Stonebridge wells. The Napa River is a “navigable waterway of the United States,” and it’s illegal to extract water from the river. Is this a viable way to cover the water deficit in St. Helena? It’s only a matter of time before the county, with mandates from the state, demands the pumps be shut down.

May 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mike Hackett |Stephen Hibbard |William Komaroff |Timothy W. Mungovan

In response to rising geopolitical tensions – from the Middle East to the Taiwan Strait to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine –the Biden Administration is increasingly using economic incentives and sanctions to assist the United States' foreign policy objectives or mitigate the risk of increased conflict.

Apr 19, 2024 | mondaq.com | Margaret Dale |Mike Hackett |Stephen Hibbard |William Komaroff

In its final Private Fund Adviser Rules adopted last year, the SEC dropped one of the more controversial proposed rules—the proposal to prohibit contractual exculpation or indemnification provisions that would shield or indemnify the adviser in matters involving the adviser's negligence or breach of fiduciary duty. On its face, this was a concession to the fund management industry.

Jan 1, 2024 | echolive.ie | Mike Hackett

IN 1954, times were hard. Corkman William Dwyer had thrown Youghal a lifeline by starting a cloth manufacturing plant, Seafield Fabrics, in 1947. Then, in 1952, he opened Blackwater Cottons: 250 people were employed in the two plants. But unemployment and emigration were still rife. Into this drab backdrop, in the summer of 1954, came the bright lights, glitz and glamour of Hollywood.