News - Midlands
Programme launched to turn investors into angels
More than 70 people attended an event to mark the launch of a programme designed to help private investors become business angels. Anthony Clarke, chairman of the British Business Angels Association; Tony Hillary previously of Hillarys Blinds; Jeff Moore, chief executive of the East Midlands Development Agency; and entrepreneur Chris Scarth were all speakers at the event, which took place at Perkins Restaurant in Plumtree, Nottinghamshire. The Angel Insight programme was launched by the British Business Angels Association and Growth Investment Network East Midlands. It is designed to highlight the opportunities available for angel investors.