FUND management firm NEL is looking for regional small enterprises and strong business ideas to add to its investment portfolio.

NEL, which invests solely in businesses and ideas in the region, will join more than 20 other funding providers at a Business Link Meet the Money event next month.

It will be holding one-to-one consultations with small and medium businesses that are looking to find ways in which to fund and secure their development and expansion.

NEL, which has offices on Tyneside and Teesside, has made more than 400 investments in a range of companies since December 1993 through its specialist venture capital division, Insight Capital, and its debt and mezzanine finance division, Evolve Finance.

Meet The Money will be held at the Marriott Hotel, Gosforth Park, Newcastle on September 13, from 8.30am to 4pm. For details call 0191-261 1522.