About

Nick was the Managing Editor for growthbusiness.co.uk when it was owned by Vitesse Media, before moving on to become Head of Investment Group and Editor at What Investment and thence to Head of Intermediary Communications at The Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

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My first £10 million

Hitting those double digits is no easy task, as three entrepreneurs can testify

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Steve Nicholson: Overhauling The Cloud

Wi-fi broadband provider The Cloud has been through a radical overhaul in the past couple of years.

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Goldshield discusses potential rival offer

With AIT’s £162 million ‘agreed’ bid on the table, Goldshield Group directors are discussing a potential rival offer from its management.

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Allergy shaves losses

Allergy Therapeutics expresses optimism over US prospects for its hay fever vaccine after cutting annual losses 43 per cent to £11.4 million.

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Octopus invests in online contact lens business

Octopus Ventures has invested £1.355 million into GetOptics, forming what it claims is the UK’s largest web-based contact lens business.

Company Flotations

PLUS Markets on the march

PLUS Markets is rapidly gaining favour among advisers and CEOs of ambitious, entrepreneurial companies. James Harris finds out why.

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New private equity firm to target lower mid-market

Three senior executives of Fidelity International’s former buy-out arm have established a new private equity firm.

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Bankers not so bad after all

Bank debt has not fully returned and it is still costly, but faith in bankers has not completely evaporated, according to research by accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward. 

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Poor payment still top concern

Customers paying late remains the chief worry for growing companies, according to research from the Forum of Private Business (FPB).

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Lovemoney.com becomes employee-owned

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Riverside buys out Kaul

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Babcock buys UKAEA

Engineering support services group Babcock International has agreed to acquire nuclear specialist UKAEA from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for £50 million in cash.