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Starting a Successful Business
Posted on 23. Oct, 2010 by editor.
Dave Garbutt, area director for Lloyds TSB Commercial in the West Midlands and Staffordshire, considers the steps that should be taken when starting out on a new business venture, and suggests that times of economic uncertainty shouldn’t necessarily deter new start-ups.
Turning good ideas and passions into a successful business during a period of economic uncertainty [...]
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Making your way through the management buy-out maze
Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by editor.
By Paul Franks, Partner at Gresham Private Equity
Whilst all British businesses have taken a battering over the past 18 months, the UK still has a wealth of great companies and many are emerging from the economic storm with ambitious plans for the future.
For some management teams, the time may be right to initiate a move [...]
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Lord Fixer
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by editor.
Professor, Baron, Director, Board Member – Kumar Bhattacharyya has many titles and even more connections. He is an international networker with links to the top of governments. But, as Mark Foster discovered, he prefers to cover some activities with a cloak of modesty.
Waiting in the reception area of the steel and glass headquarters of the [...]
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Design For Living
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by editor.
Gerry McGovern is one of the world’s most successful automotive designers. He is Design Director and Chief Creative Officer for Land Rover and Range Rover, leading the company’s Design Studio at Gaydon, Warwickshire, creating concepts and new models.
Form and shape are important to Gerry McGovern. They set the tone and feel for a car. And [...]
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Deal Or No Deal?
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by editor.
The last financial year was twelve months of hard slog, with fewer deals taking longer to do, with lower returns. The M&A market has shown improvement in the first few months of the calendar year leading to rising optimism. With the help of the region’s corporate financiers, BWM looks at what’s in store.
In his Cherry [...]
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Car Company Finds Dutch Courage
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by editor.
Adam Dent reports on how one Coventry manufacturer has reversed the trend of car makers heading east.
When Victor Muller – the founder of supercar manufacturer Spyker – stood in Coventry and announced that he was moving production from Holland to the city, his words caused some to sit up and take notice.
While industry headlines over [...]
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