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The State of Investment in Scotland

1 month ago | beauhurst.com | Lily Ruaah

Investment into Scottish companies grew 108% from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. We recently released our quarterly report, The State of UK Investment, and Scotland had some stand-out figures. With this in mind, we’re going to take a deeper look at investment into Scotland so far this year. In this piece, we’ll examine what’s driving that growth.
Why Beauhurst, PitchBook, and Dealroom report different investment figures

1 month ago | beauhurst.com | John McCrea

The first difference is in the definition of genuine investment. At Beauhurst, we have a high threshold for what we determine to be genuine investment. For clarity, by ‘equity investment,’ we’re referring to the issuance and sale of new shares to fund company growth, not the resale of existing shares or other financial activity. Some reports include primary and secondary funding as a single investment figure, which inflates the actual amount invested.
Everything you need to know about the PISCES regulatory framework

1 month ago | beauhurst.com | John McCrea

Companies are staying private longer and raising multiple rounds of private funding before even considering an IPO. There are a number of reasons for this, though the main reason is there are simply more funds available now, with more capital available to deploy than ever before.
How Private Wealth is Being Built in 2025

1 month ago | beauhurst.com | John McCrea

Wealth creation in the UK is going through a challenging period, with our research revealing a downturn in wealth creation and liquidity events driven by private exits. We’ve also seen a 17% decrease in the value of fundraisings in 2024 compared to 2023’s figures (a reliable leading indicator of wealth creating events). Meanwhile, UBS’ Global Wealth Report 2024 has predicted the UK could see a 17% drop in volume of USD millionaires between 2023 and 2028 — the largest drop seen in the report.
Top 10 PropTech Companies in the UK

1 month ago | beauhurst.com | John McCrea

The UK rental market has grown exponentially since the turn of the century, through a combination of a contracting housing market and young professionals becoming increasingly mobile. Since 2000, and in the 12 months up to March 2025, average UK rent increased by 7.7%. It’s also estimated that in the UK are privately rented, .
How to Find a Company’s Shareholders

1 month ago | beauhurst.com | Lily Ruaah

When companies have complex ownership structures, it can be hard to follow the trail. Beauhurst makes this simple and visual.Our ‘Corporate Structure’ tab provides an interactive corporate tree that maps out a company’s ownership hierarchy. This includes parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliated entities, both within the UK and internationally. Each entity in the structure is accompanied by key details such as its jurisdiction, Companies House ID, and company type.
How To Find Companies When You Can’t Search Across Their Financials

2 months ago | beauhurst.com | Lily Ruaah

With the new threshold in place, thousands of companies will no longer be required to file full financial accounts. Instead, they can submit much shorter, simplified reports — or in some cases, barely any financial detail at all. But what does that mean in practice? For sales teams it could mean losing a vital tool for qualifying leads. Without access to revenue or profit data, it becomes harder to know which companies are actually in a position to buy, or worth spending time on.
Councils, Make Your UKSPF Funding Go Further

2 months ago | beauhurst.com | Lily Ruaah

After being announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund has finally come into practice for UK councils. The government has allocated for 2025-2026 which may sound significant but is a decrease from the amount allocated in the past three previous years. When you break down the funding by region, there’s around a 2% decrease in funding in most areas of the UK. This means councils are going to need to stretch their funding even further in 2025.
Top 10 Legal Tech Companies in the UK

2 months ago | beauhurst.com | John McCrea

The UK is primarily a services-based economy, with legal and financial services amongst its most sought-after exports. The emergence of SaaS (software-as-a-service) solutions has only helped accelerate this. The legal technology industry was valued at roughly $26.9b in 2024. And with a compound annual growth rate of 9.5%, this is expected to reach $61.4b in the next decade.
The UK’s Youngest Entrepreneurs

2 months ago | beauhurst.com | Lily Ruaah

Starting a business has traditionally been the domain of seasoned professionals, but that’s changing fast. In the past, launching a startup required a significant amount of money, business knowledge, and connections, which naturally skewed the field toward more experienced individuals. But now, thanks to advances in technology and a shifting entrepreneurial culture, young people are stepping up to the plate earlier than previous generations.