World-class in access to private equity & venture capital

20 September, 2021 | insight

Policy, infrastructure, education, and general ‘attractiveness’ to private equity and VC investors – that’s a description recently applied to the UK in an international evaluation of funding & investment activity.
 
That doesn’t come as a surprise to me in light of the current levels of both equity and debt funding we have access to for commercial and residential property developers. Notably, the value range has remained as strong as ever, with appetite holding at the £5m+ level for the most part, and a draw toward equity stakes and levered returns giving developers as much choice as ever.

Furthermore, medium-term horizons are being maintained, with capital for the development of operating assets (care-homes and the like) still looking at 3yr+ tie-ins.

Corporates continue to hedge their bets on the forward-looking operating environment inside/outside the EU, with apparent proclivity toward maintaining some degree of presence in the great city of London whatever the outcome. We continue, positively