About

Sara Williams was executive chairman of AIM-listed Vitesse Media (the original publisher of GrowthBusiness.co.uk), the company she started in 1997. A former investment analyst with Kleinwortt Benson, Sara is the author of The FT Guide to Business Start Up. She has written for several national newspapers and appears regularly in broadcasts on television and radio.

News

ECI offloads Tragus and looks to the future

Buy-out and development capital specialist ECI Partners has sold its interest in Tragus Holdings generating an impressive five times return on its original £11 million investment, in just two years.

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Private equity investment continues to rise

Growth businesses are likely to benefit from a further spike in private equity funding in early 2005, with both private investment networks and front line venture capitalists predicting an increase in deal flow.

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The future’s bright for UK MBOs

The UK's buyout market was as in rude health last year and the prognosis for 2005 is even better, according to research from KPMG's private equity team.

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Fresh start for Sutcliffe

Matt Sutcliffe is putting the finishing touches on his new venture, Alexander Gold.

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Gunn loads up for new AIM salvo

John Gunn, the former British & Commonwealth finance group chief who now backs ‘micro-cap’ start-up concerns, is proposing to tap the AIM market for up to £8 million with a new environmentally-oriented shell company, Vert-ECO.

Technology

The importance of having cash in your IP protection strategy

If you are an early-stage company whose technology has reached an initial strategic breakthrough, you will need to radically rejig your organisation and overhaul your intellectual property protection to reap the financial whirlwind.