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IP2IPO plots VCT launch

One of AIM's most successful companies is planning to launch a venture capital trust (VCT) to take advantage of the enhanced tax breaks.

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Careforce seeks £7 million

Careforce, a provider of care for the elderly and infirm, wants to raise £7 million ahead of a proposed flotation on AIM this November arranged by Arbuthnot.

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IP2IPO plots VCT launch

One of AIM's most successful companies is planning to launch a venture capital trust (VCT) to take advantage of the enhanced tax breaks.

News

Careforce seeks £7 million

Careforce, a provider of care for the elderly and infirm, wants to raise £7 million ahead of a proposed flotation on AIM this November arranged by Arbuthnot.

News

Nordström takes AIM

Swedish entrepreneur Rolf Nordström is poised to float AIM’s first Scandinavian counter, Swedish biotech concern Tri-Pep, to advance an anti-HIV therapy.

Entrepreneurs

Playing it right: Immedia

As a DJ, Bruno Brookes found fame and fortune as the nation’s favourite radio presenter. As an entrepreneur he has found success much harder to come by. But, following a few commercial flops, he believes his latest radio venture will thrive.

Growth Planning

The art of pricing strategy – Pitching your price

Nothing is more crucial than pricing strategy. Over-price and you will bleed customers. Under-price and you'll rack up losses. The key to getting it right is knowing the value of your product and your clients.

Company Flotations

Why I think small companies should join AIM

When the Stock Exchange set up AIM, the junior stock market, in 1995, I believed they had got it all wrong. But 900 companies are proving that the demand for it was huge.

Entrepreneurs

Sir Tom Farmer: Ethics, ambition and enthusiasm

Sir Tom Farmer revolutionised the auto-repair market when he founded Kwik-Fit – and made a tidy fortune in the process. Now 63, he is energetically injecting his hard won resources into an array of UK start-ups.

Alternative Finance for Business

Ten ways to raise £10 million

It’s no secret that raising small amounts of cash is still much harder than raising large sums. But the environment is changing and there are now many more players working hard to bridge the finance gap.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Better by design – Interview with Simon Terry of Anglepoise

Innovative design can transform the public's perception of your products, improve your margins, boost sales and enable you to stay competitive with the market's big hitters. So what are you waiting for?

Entrepreneurs

How I found business success in retirement

John Perceval swapped a comfortable golfing retirement life to start an internet business in 1996. He tells GrowthBusiness why, now he’s back at the coalface, he’s not quite ready to retire again just yet.

PR and Marketing Strategy

The value of behavioural research – Case Study

We can understand what people want out of washing machines with the use of behavioural research,’ beams Paul Pankhurst, founder and managing director of product innovation consultancy PDD.

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.