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).

Entrepreneurs

On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know, by Allan Leighton

Book review by Ashley Sellar, sales director, Getronics.

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Rising star: Matt Stockdale

After being made redundant, Matt Stockdale developed his oven-cleaning product into a successful company called HomePride with a turnover of more than £4 million

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Economic Insight

Andrew Tully, pensions policy manager at Standard Life, explains how changing demographics will reshape the economy of the UK and the world

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Law firm Brabners Chaffe Street to merge with rival Bremners Solicitors

Manchester-based law firm Brabners Chaffe Street is to merge with Liverpool-based rival Bremners Solicitors. 

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Barclays Private Equity to acquire Bounty Group for £54 million

Barclays Private Equity has agreed to acquire Bounty Group, the UK operations of online media company Kaboose, for around £54 million

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Independent Music Group merges with Atlantic Screen Music

Essex-based music publisher Independent Music Group has merged with London-based rival Atlantic Screen Music. 

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Plastic media acquires SMX Communications

Rambler Media, a Moscow-based internet and media services company, has sold its mobile services business SMX Communications to rival Plastic Media. The details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Music publishers in merger

Essex-based music publisher Independent Music Group has merged with London-based rival Atlantic Screen Music. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. For more deals click here.

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BPE gets Bounty

Barclays Private Equity has agreed to acquire Bounty Group, the UK operations of online media company Kaboose, for some £54 million.

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Rackable Systems acquires SGI

Rackable Systems, a California-based provider of servers and storage products for data centres, has acquired rival Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI) for $25m (£16.5m).

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Fundtech cashes in on InterSoftware

Fundtech, a New Jersey-based provider of transaction banking services, has acquired Manchester-based IP firm InterSoftware.

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Object of desire: Toto Neorest – the futurist toilet

If we’d ever seen Captain Kirk engaged in the more mundane activities like brushing his teeth, then his bathroom would have probably featured something resembling the Toto Neorest