Jon Moulton conquers Everest
Jon Moulton’s second Better Capital fund has sealed its inaugural deal by snapping up window specialist Everest.
Tag: News
Britain’s best-performing business sector?
By Matthew Rock
Farewell consumer boom and public-sector spending; the future is high-tech, engineering, manufacturing and exports.
Facebook mobile ads set to net ?760m
By Dan Matthews
Mobile advertising on Facebook will earn the social networking website an additional £760m from the US and its five biggest European markets (including the UK) in its first year alone.
Best gadgets of 2012: iTwin
By Kate Bassett
This nifty little dongle, invented by Singaporean startup iTwin, lets you transfer, edit and back up an unlimited amount of files between two computers.
Private equity defends pre-packs
The government’s recent decision to scrap new legislation that would tighten the rules of pre-pack administrations has the support of bankers and the private equity industry.
Private equity “outperforms public markets”
By Alice Murray
Private equity beats public equities and offers a more attractive risk profile, new research shows.
Is the internet killing the high street?
By Eva Grzybek
Trouble on the British high street has been brewing for a while now, but the last 12 months have certainly been the most brutal yet. Is the internet killing retail?
Plans to scrap work experience placements are “alarmingly narrow”
Our distinguished Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is about to do something so apparently odd that it makes one gasp just to think of it.
Why venture capitalists are evil
By Karen Darby
Venture capitalists are loyal to money, not people and they are utterly ruthless if they sense they ?re not going to get their returns, says SimplySwitch founder Karen Darby.
My 2012: Rotary Watches’ Robert Dreyfuss
By Jason Hesse
What does 2012 hold for Rotary Watches’ CEO Robert Dreyfuss” He shares his secrets for the year ahead.