All "private-equity" articles
- Super-rich pickings for entrepreneurs
- Private equity’s top bosses are defending the industry today in front of the Treasury Select Committee. Meanwhile, a start-up is offering an alternative vehicle for private equity investment, capitalising on the continuing growth of the super-rich class.
- See more in: private equity, investments, Unlimited International, news
- We’re in a recession, says private equity boss
- Jon Moulton, founder of Alchemy Partners, warns entrepreneurs to hunker down for a tough period.
- See more in: recession, private equity, venture capitalist, VCs, news, economy, economic
- Resources guide: raising finance
- Money should not necessarily be an object, as there are no shortage of organisations out there to help you raise finance to start or buy a business.
- See more in: resources, links, directory, buy a business, start a business, startups, finance
- Maximising the value of your business
- Running a small business in the current climate, it's even more important to focus on strategy - so says Jamie Hope of Catalyst Finance.
- See more in: planning, strategy, sell a business, selling, strategic reviews, guides
- Fighting management's corner
- Executive recruitment firm Ellis Fairbank believes managers can buy their companies without necessarily having to turn to venture capital.
- See more in: venture capital, VCs, management buy-ins, MBIs, management, buy a business, guides
- Resources guide: protecting ideas and finding training
- Includes contact details for the Patent Office, the British Venture Capital Association and two training providers.
- See more in: resources, links, directory, IP, intellectual property, training
- Small-business financing: venture capital
- Mary Erb from leading corporate law firm Heatons explains how to raise small-business finance to turn your business ambitions into profitable reality.
- See more in: venture capital, VCs, finance, capital, funds, guides
- A guide to raising business finance
- A guide to the different types of business finance available to small business, from corporate law solicitor Mary Erb.
- See more in: finance, capital, funding, money, mezzanine, overdrafts, loans, invoice discounting, venture capital, VCs, asset finance, banks, business angels, grants, flotation, guides
- The recycling industry
- If you want to find a business with good growth prospects, then the recycling industry, in a world increasingly concerned about sustainability and resources, is a good bet.
- See more in: recycling, recycle, waste management, environmental, services, guides
- Schools
- A perennial political football, education is in the news again. That both main parties are now ideologically committed to private sector involvement is great news for entrepreneurs.
- See more in: independent schools, private schools, city academies, schools, education, teaching, children, guides
- Award ceremonies
- There's more to it than prestige. Our guide to award ceremonies and how attending can be beneficial even if you don't win anything.
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- Practising what you preach
- A salesperson should truly believe in the product they sell. Mobile working technology specialists Interchange Group clearly do.
- See more in: communications, telecommunications, virtual office, remote working, work from home, mobile working, IT, guides
- Raising finance to buy a business
- Money makes the business world go round - and raising finance to buy a business is one of the hardest hurdles to surmount.
- See more in: funding, banks, loans, providers, angels, investment, venture capital, VCs, buy a business, guides
- Buying a business: the time is now
- Obtaining finance to buy a business is easier than getting a mortgage and you might even get a bargain, according to a survey.
- See more in: buy a business, buying, buy, credit crunch, credit squeeze, credit, finance, loans, banks, news
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