There are some hugely successful businesses out there that were founded as or are now running as partnerships. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best examples of partnerships in businesses that are hugely successful today.
It’s becoming harder to be an optimist. A glance at the day’s headlines can be enough to make you want to bury your head in the sand. Maybe it’s time we channel Bill and Melinda Gates.
A corporate and startup partnership can have huge benefits for both sides, as Real Business found out when it sat down with FTSE 100 firm Sage and fintech company GoCardless.
By Staff writer
Finance teams are often seen as behind the times and stuck in the 80’s especially when it comes to using technology to drive meaningful change. But why hasn’t financial transformation happened yet?
By Staff writer
With inward investment into the UK food and drink industry at a three-year high, and Kraft Heinz’s short-lived Unilever takeover bid fresh in the minds of consumer and FMCG business owners, private equity funding is an increasingly viable option for many fast-growth firms.
When you’re first starting out, looking for corporate partners may be quite low down on your priority list. However, when you think further about your firm’s growth strategy, the idea of partnering with a well-established brand seems like a very sensible way to de-risk the business.
By Staff writer
Some of the most enduring businesses of our time have relied on a strategic partnership framework to maximise success, and with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills suggesting SMEs account for 99.9 per cent of all private sector firms in Britain, bosses need to replicate such strategies to increase sales.
By Andrew Low
Partnerships come in all shapes and sizes from mega-alliances to normal distribution networks that most companies use to get products out to market. Whilst all businesses have them, I think that all too often management do not fully appreciate the dynamics involved and in the end how delicate the relationship may be.
By Janvi Patel
Just as in a marriage, good business partners can talk through ideas together, can supplement each other’s weaknesses, and provide reassurance when things aren’t going well.
KPMG has teamed up with NatWest-powered business accelerator Entrepreneurial Spark in a partnership described as a “dream team,” which will see the professional services firm deliver 1,000 hours of support to British entrepreneurs each month.
