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Growth Planning

Leading a management buy-out

Debbie Klein, chief executive of marketing communications agency Engine, explains that despite needing to take a deep breath before leading a management buy-out, it was her best business decision.

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When two become one – Post-deal integration after an acquisition

Post-deal integration is a vital part of any acquisition, but what strategies are businesses employing for integration to ensure the optimum return on investment?

Growth Planning

Persevere to gain R&D tax credits

For most tech businesses, research and development (R&D) is the driving force behind growth. We explain why it's worth it for innovative businesses to claim tax credits.

Growth Planning

The importance of commissioning due diligence – a new era of self-discovery

Pre-completion due diligence makes up the nuts and bolts of any deal, and it has become increasingly critical in the years since the credit crunch.

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Business Startup: Mr Site reveals plans to eye the mid market

Clifford McDowell, chief executive of website business Mr Site, explains his strategy to shift the business from the value market to the middle market, and expansion into India and continental Europe.

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Business Startup: Find the right people, focus on customers

Recruiting the right employees and focusing on servicing current customers, while also attracting new ones, have been the key strategies for entrepreneur Mitesh Soma in growing his business, Chemist Direct.

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Business Startup: On the ground

Banking for a new business, securing finance and exploring export markets were the subject topics discussed on day one of Business Startup 2011.

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Business Startup: Entrepreneurs reveal how to start a business

Entrepreneur Stuart Jolley led a seminar at the Business Startup Show explaining how he launched men's grooming products company Wingman from his bedroom.

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Business Startup: On the ground

Banking for a new business, securing finance and exploring export markets were the subject topics discussed on day one of Business Startup 2011.

Growth Planning

Business Startup: Entrepreneurs reveal how to start a business

Entrepreneur Stuart Jolley led a seminar at the Business Startup Show explaining how he launched men's grooming products company Wingman from his bedroom.

Growth Planning

A buy-out lead to a breakthrough

Katie Small, managing director, Mercury West Associates Insurance Solutions, explains why buying out a business partner has been her best business decision.

Growth Planning

Mark Hales launches £200,000 start-up Oxygen Accelerator

Entrepreneur Mark Hales has launched a £200,000 start-up accelerator programme in Birmingham that aims to develop entrepreneurship by providing tech start-ups with early stage finance and mentoring.

Growth Planning

How to exploit knowledge transfer partnerships

Harnessing the talent of clever graduates can provide a business with a much-needed boost, so how can you exploit Knowledge Transfer Partnerships?

Growth Planning

Taking the pain out of going offshore

Manufacturing offshore can be a complicated and daunting prospect for UK companies, but GrowthBusiness examines how being as close as possible to operations can ease the process.