Harvey Ingram helps FIG investors pick the low-hanging fruit

Release date: 8/2/2010

Harvey Ingram is sponsoring a national initiative launched to help the UK's brightest entrepreneurs win investment and get their businesses off the ground.

The firm has been named as a prize sponsor of Find Invest Grow - FIG - which scours the country and nurtures some of our very best talent. With its help undergraduates and recent graduates can crystallise their innovative ideas, develop business plans, pitch to suitable investors and launch their projects.

Harvey Ingram partner and corporate specialist John Stobart, is overseeing 10 new business pitches to more than 30 wealthy investors at a funding event being held at the prestigious Idea Generation Gallery in Shoreditch, London.

He says: "It's an absolute privilege to be involved at the entry-level and see start-ups get off the ground. As a nation we are blessed with a vast well of innovative talent with some superb ideas and it's a pleasure to be part of it."

FIG director James King, says Harvey Ingram's track-record of supporting emerging talent and its expertise in launching spin-outs made the firm a natural choice.

He adds: "FIG has decided to partner with Harvey Ingram after seeing their commitment to supporting emerging businesses. Their understanding for the need of fast, cost effective, holistic service delivery sets a gold standard for start up company legal support and advice."