www.beerandpartners.com

Beer & Partners is the largest and most successful of the angel networks. We have over 1,000 registered investors covering all sectors and stages of finance and in 2005 will complete about 50 deals, with equity in the £20,000 to £2 million range.

Services for companies include:

• A range of Investor fairs, national and regional
• Fast track access to our investors and 6,000 useful contacts through our fortnightly Stop Press
• Help with business plans through our low cost Blue Sky planning service The Beer Incubation Programme offering streamlined access to our investors for smaller, early stage businesses
• Recovery/restructuring investment through Beer & Young Ltd
• Beer Property Finance – mezzanine and equity finance for commercial and residential property

Our free services for investors include:

• Early sight of pre-vetted proposals – we accept less than 1 in 10 of those we see
• Handholding through the deal process, with the opportunity to team up with other investors
• IDsquared Ltd for “sweat equity” investors
• Access to “special situations” in recovery or property opportunities

The firm has 10 offices throughout the UK, including Edinburgh and Belfast.