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).

Technology

Virtual meetings – Video-conferencing has come into its own

Video-conferencing has come into its own for businesses of all shapes and sizes. We look at the pros and cons of scrapping face-to-face meetings.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Knowing your customer

Managing the data stored in finance, sales and marketing may seem no more than a necessary chore. But it can help you know your customers better, and that leads to increased sales.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Knowing what sells

In the effort to win new business, it's often easy to forget what a significant revenue stream existing customers can be. Here are five tips on customer retention.

Entrepreneurs

Ambitious Adconion – Interview with Tyler Moebius

An owner-manager builds a company and then sells it to live a life of leisure. The entrepreneur, by contrast, enjoys the success of an exit but soon gets the craving to go through the misery of a start-up all over again.

News

Matt Lovett has the Wow factor

Seventeen-year-old Matt Lovett started his business, WowVoucherCodes.com, from his bedroom while revising for his GSCEs. He was recently presented with an award by Alistair Darling.

Growth Planning

Defusing the fiscal bomb

Andrew Jupp, national head of tax at accountancy firm Tenon, argues that the UK’s growing businesses need more help from the government. James Harris reports

News

2ergo buys AMT

2ergo Group Plc, a Salford-based provider of mobile phone marketing and technology, has acquired rival Activemedia Technologies (AMT) for an undisclosed sum. 

News

Iofina in US takeover

US-focused iodine and natural gas concern Iofina is set to buy versatile Kentucky-based speciality chemical maker H&S Chemicals.

News

Viking Moorings in secondary buy-out

Aberdeen-based Viking Moorings, which serves the offshore oil and gas industry, has been acquired by HSBC from Inflexion Private Equity.

News

Hi-media on a roll

As revenues plummet and budgets tighten, advertising is often one of the first areas to be sacrificed. That's not stopping Paris-based media and online advertising group Hi-media. 

News

Soup maker TSC in buy-out

TSC Foods, a UK manufacturer of chilled and frozen soups and sauces, has been sold for £24 million in a private equity-backed buy-out.

News

Babcock & Brown infrastructure arm sold off