BEIS appointed Professor Nick Wilson to conduct a quantitative assessment of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) equity finance gap in the UK. The report explores the differences in overall levels of equity finance between UK regions and the causes of these differences. The research uses...

The lowest volumes of potential additional demand for equity funding seem to be in Wales (£0.16 - £0.3bn), the North East (£0.1bn - £0.17bn) and Northern Ireland (£0.06bn - £0.16bn).In relative terms, the highest relative demand for additional equity funding in relation to the actual stock...