Advice - M&A

Making a commercial success of a founder-led business

The vast majority of startups will fail, with commercial success - or lack thereof - a key factor in...

TravelTech Holibob’s revenue leaps 600% in six months

Travel technology company Holibob grew revenue 600% in the last six months. The London firm colle...

Connectd CEO: My first business was built on delusion

Failure is held up as a necessary stepping stone to success - and with good reason. After all, ho...

Why a ‘for sale’ sign will hurt your valuation

As any exited founder will tell you, selling a business is far from a straightforward process. An...

High-end technology must still target mass market

So you’ve created the most innovative, intuitive and stylish product on the market. But what’s t...

Will pre-pack administrations play key role in restructuring UK businesses?

Ever since the administration process became the key business rescue process over two decades ago, t...

Ideagen boss’s journey from bootstrapping to £1.1bn takeover

The big technology story of the last week has been the bidding war for RegTech Ideagen. Headquart...

‘Bootstrapping saw us outlast & acquire our competitors’

A few years ago, when the on-demand laundry sector exploded, startups Laundrapp and Zipjet grabbed h...

Meet the gamer who now advises on buying and selling of gaming firms 

In one way or another video games have dominated Ekrem Shahin’s life. As a teenager he used to ...

‘Show me the money’

Barry Nightingale has worked with some of the biggest names in business. His impressive CV has in...

Tech companies must think global 

Tech companies should think globally with their growth ambitions. That’s the view of Graham Pea...

Sir Ian Livingstone: The secret to a billion-dollar exit

The videogames industry rivals FinTech as the UK’s flagship technology sector, with multiple billi...