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Back from the brink: TES 2000

Rapid growth can backfire if the right controls are not in place. Business XL talks to a company founder whose business has overcome administration and has asked for input as part of our Breakthrough Clinic.

Entrepreneurs

Company Flotations

Shareholders Disputes – When shareholders go to war

Shareholder disputes can waste executive time, squander scarce cash resources and leave your business rudderless. If you are really unlucky, they can put you out of a job.

Entrepreneurs

Back from the brink: TES 2000

Rapid growth can backfire if the right controls are not in place. Business XL talks to a company founder whose business has overcome administration and has asked for input as part of our Breakthrough Clinic.

Company Flotations

Shareholders Disputes – When shareholders go to war

Shareholder disputes can waste executive time, squander scarce cash resources and leave your business rudderless. If you are really unlucky, they can put you out of a job.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Email management systems

Independent car parts and accessories retailer Motor World, which has a turnover of over £50 million, previously needed eyes in the back of its head to manage the emails of its 900 employees spread across 227 branches.

PR and Marketing Strategy

The power of brands

No matter what you're trying to sell - be it clothes, cars or condiments - there is little doubt that it pays to be cool.

Entrepreneurs

How I created a profitable online travel company

Growth Business Case Study - Richard Downs started specialist travel agency website Iglu.com in 1998 with funding from credit cards, friends and family. He tells us how he created a profitable online travel company.

Technology

Mobile working on the rise

One of the key benefits of a mobile office environment is increased productivity, as you can work at home, on the move, or even at client premises. Mobile devices also enable you to spend more time with your clients, customers and suppliers.

Growth Planning

Selling overseas

Sunderland-based computer software specialist Techtonik has seen its sales burgeon from £750,000 to £30 million.

Legislation and Regulation

IP nightmares and how to avoid them

Earning money while doing nothing. That surely is what every entrepreneur aspires to. And you can achieve this in a business that is scaleable and where others can carry out the processes. But you must look after your IP.

Exit Strategies

Company valuation snakes and ladders

Take two companies. Equal size, equal prospects. Yet one is valued twice as highly as the other. Why? And how do you ensure your company gets the highest valuation possible?

Entrepreneurs

Anne Glover: Leading lady

There’s a new hand on the tiller at the Old Boys’ Club (aka BVCA), the redoubtable Anne Glover.

Venture Capital Funding

Grumpy old men

Seen it all before, understand all the problems, watched manifold disasters unravel in the past… does this remind you of anyone? Veteran venture capitalists.

Growth Planning

Pockets full of cash

If you want to grow your business and need development capital, there’s lots available in 2004. Kim Benjamin talks to eight private equity houses and finds out where they are putting their money.