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Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Untangling the web

A website can be more than a description of what you do and how to find your office on a map. Indeed, many owner-managers are realising the technology is now available to integrate your website with different parts of your company, such as marketing and sales, to help generate new business...

Entrepreneurs

How Tesco is Winning Customer Loyalty

The book: Scoring Points - How Tesco is Winning Customer Loyalty, by Clive Humby, Terry Hunt and Tim Phillips

Entrepreneurs

Economic Insight – Howard Archer

Howard Archer, UK and Eurozone chief economist for Global Insight, shares his thoughts on the current wage climate, interest rates and inflation

Entrepreneurs

Bad month for seafood chain

Restaurant operator Fishworks rocks the boat by admitting profits will be lower than it publicly predicted just one month ago...

Entrepreneurs

Good month for UK innovators

Two British companies are awarded for humanitarian work alongside Bill Gates and other global technology innovators...

Entrepreneurs

Getting off the corporate ladder

John Kearon, Chief Juicer/CEO of online research company Brainjuicer, says his best business decision was ‘getting off the corporate ladder’...

Entrepreneurs

Techwatch – Uncontrolled print costs

More than two thirds of businesses have no idea how much they spend on printers and printing...

Entrepreneurs

Object of desire… The Synch

If you’re fed up carting around handfuls of chargers for your gadgets, this gizmo could be the best Christmas present you’ll ever receive...

Technology

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Manufacturers, event organisers, airlines – even Government departments; everyone seems to be heralding the potential of radio frequency identification these days. But what exactly is RFID and why should growing businesses care about it?

Human Resources

Recruiting an HR manager

Far from being an unnecessary extra salary burden, a human resources manager can take staff matters off your hands and even bring in more revenue...

PR and Marketing Strategy

Publicity stunts

Celebrities are usually the ones grabbing headlines for their sometimes downright crazy attempts at generating positive publicity, but growing businesses are also getting in on the act with some innovative stunts.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Playing with fire

Nobody believes outsourcing is the wonder cure for business woes it was hailed to be in the 1990s. Nevertheless, businesses of all shapes and sizes are accepting the risks of relinquishing non-core activities in an effort to achieve greater economies of scale...