Advantages & Disadvantages Of A Public Limited Company
A public limited company’s advantages and disadvantages are numerous. The main advantage is access to more investors, through making their …
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Raising capital Tales of success from a watch brand
By Mike France
For your business to reach the next stage of growth, raising capital might be a necessity. Serial entrepreneur Mike France has some tales from the trenches.
Domino’s Pizza becomes reigning champion of IPOs
Believe it or not, Domino’s Pizza is a stock market success story. And for those wanting to get in on the action, here’s your chance it’s looking to make its sixth IPO.
Lessons from a young Scottish company that listed on the stock exchange
By Staff writer
Ed Molyneux, CEO and co-founder at FreeAgent, shares his experience of listing on the London Stock Exchange and explains what not to forget.
Fortune favours the bold: Listing on AIM during so-called worst year for business
There are several reasons companies go public. Sometimes it’s to raise capital, or simply to acquire more business. But given the uncertainty miring the corporate landscape, curiosity about recent IPOs got the better of us. We asked bosses what made listing on AIM an attractive bet in 2016.
Skyscanner acquisition nets massive windfall for venture capital investor
Scottish online flight booking business Skyscanner has been sold to a Chinese buyer through a deal valuing it at £1.4bn, providing early investor Scottish Equity Partners with a big pay day.
Why family businesses can IPO and still maintain culture and tradition
Legal expert Melanie Wadsworth uses the example of one of the UK’s oldest construction companies to examine what family businesses should consider if looking to float and how it is possible to maintain unique family business characteristics whilst still answering to shareholders.
George Osborne is right when he talks of risk we should fear global jitters
By Jan Cavelle
Chancellor George Osborne is to warn of the dangers of complacency in his New Year’s speech. And while it pains me to agree with him, I think, if anything, he is under-playing that danger.
How to best evade the China crisis as a business leader
By David Craik
Businesses must be adaptable and agile and constantly look around for new export hot-spots.
JUST EAT culls bad online experience restaurants as half-year revenue surges
Online takeaway marketplace JUST EAT has revealed the strategies it is employing to facilitate further growth as a public company, including removing restaurants that were giving customers a bad experience and collaboration with Apple Pay.