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What do you want from 2012 – and how are you going to get it?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

I think it is fair to say that, for many businesses, 2011 has not been the best of years. The recession has been long and hard.  The recovery stills seems as distant and intangible as it did three years ago.  … Continue reading →

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What about the cash, Duncan!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

Like most people reading this, I’m a bit of a fan of Dragon’s Den.  So I was pleased to see that last night (October 3rd) the BBC was running one of the spin-off programs – “How to Win in the … Continue reading →

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Managing Differed Consideration in Corporate Finance Transactions

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

I attended an interesting Corporate Finance Workshop yesterday (the 27th September) run by Roffe Swayne as part of a Surrey Chamber of Commerce monthly series. The Title was ‘The Corporate Finance Transaction – Unplugged’ – a presentation and discussion around … Continue reading →

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Sightpath – Success comes to those who plan for it

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

Right now I’m in the middle of reading a great book by a friend of mine; Robert Copping: The Heart of Business Success – How to overcome the Catch-22s of growing your business  It is available from Amazon right here … Continue reading →

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Project Merlin – Why did it take so long?

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Adrian Fowles

On the 9th February, the banks and the government signed a lending and bonus deal.  Under Project Merlin, banks will lend about £190bn to businesses this year – including £76bn to small firms.  There has been a lot of talk … Continue reading →

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