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).

News

IP Group’s assets slip

Intellectual property commercialisation specialist IP Group boasts a ‘promising pipeline of spin-out opportunities’ after losing a first-half £4.9 million.

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TradeLabs acquires Right Deal

TradeLabs, a PLUS-listed algorithm trading company, has acquired IT distribution company Right Deal for up to $1.25 million (£750,000).

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Silverfleet Capital nabs Kalle

European private equity house Silverfleet Capital has acquired Kalle, a manufacturer of sausage casings, for €212.5 million (£183 million).

Financial Management

You and your accountant

The relationship between a business owner and her accountant can be absolutely critical.

News

Alliance buys rights

Speciality drug company Alliance Pharma is buying worldwide rights to two treatments from health and cleaning group Reckitt Benckiser.

Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneur: Andrew Cameron

Andrew Cameron, chief executive of London's Air Ambulance, explains how the organisation's independence has helped it achieve its goal of reducing deaths from road accidents.

Technology

Could energy harvesting work?

The air around us is full of stray electromagnetic radiation, which scientists at the Nokia Research Centre are looking at ways to 'harvest' to power phones.

News

Interactive acquires Marine Media

PLUS-quoted Interactive Publishing has acquired Northern Ireland-based publisher Marine Media from Sterling Securities International for £200,000. 

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UK SMEs still to catch up with globalisation

Less than half of SMEs in the UK do business overseas, and of those that do, most look to neighbouring nations for trading partners.

Opinion

Not enough good VC deals

An article we posted last week on ‘what VCs are looking for’ annoyed quite a few people, some of them entrepreneurs who had sought funding themselves.

News

Primesight snaps up Titan 

Private equity firm GMT Communications Partners, through its subsidiary Primesight, has acquired the roadside advertising business of Titan Outdoor Advertising for an undisclosed sum. 

News

RipT Fusion: A body-sculpting undershirt

Now men are under pressure to look good too, it's only natural for someone to take the concept of the padded bra and apply it to the hairier sex.