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Total recall - a debut year of strong and lively stories on Rainmakers
Powered by coffees, Foresight's private equity chief looks ahead with confidence
Hayley's comet, aliens, and what it took to build a challenger TS team at Saffery
Fast-forwarding private equity
Growth credit - the quiet revolution in funding
How a Liverpool animal pharma plant was saved
What really gets said at an Investment Committee
It's all kicking off on the markets
Pies, tiles and Little Toggs goes Down Under
How prolific lies and a missing £13.7m resulted in a 22 month jail sentence
Private equity takes up pilates
International boutique network offers global promise
Deals revealed after deadline dash
NOLO: The fear of missing out on a massive shift in the drinks industry
The perfect blend? Private equity and coffee combine ahead of eye-catching sale
A long week ahead despite end to Budget wait-and-see
Lobbying and reason carries the day
The sport that could make a great return for early investors
Could boohoo hoo-ha upstage the Budget?
Time to put on a show for Blackstone
Stock market listings fall further out of fashion
How Nelsons set sail for growth after deal with PE-backed player
The Secret Investor on the perils of a lack of planning
Luke Johnson's latest media play
Three acquisitions, US private equity, and a fundraising. On the same day
Meet the entrepreneur with the seed round record for a female founder
The Big Four are 'turning their backs' on the regions
Melissa setting the record for women securing seed funding
Introducing... The Secret Investor
Who might buy Ingenuity from THG?
Risk and reward at heart of Budget balancing act
Fire safety buyer works to Dad’s mantra
Recycling Lives, refreshing a business
Panic on the streets of England...
Why LDC's David Bains is Confidence Man
The chilling effect of a competition inquiry
How journalism works - a bit of a glimpse into our world
David Levine, what every tech ecosystem needs...
University spin outs in perspective
Liquidators secure £110m ruling against disgraced BHS directors
Dry powder. Refi. Wannabee footy tycoons. Carve outs. And padel.
The great refinance scramble - corporate UK’s ticking debt timebomb
Everyone is for sale - the strange world of football acquisitions
Fraud allegations and physical threats taint major gaming deal
Eight years since Brexit, why selling a business to international trade stacks up
Doing deals before the holidays
The Inc & Co contempt case - the director’s cut
The rumbles in the financial jungle
Risky ventures and courtroom drama
Skinny margins, a dominant big five - why would anyone invest in craft brewing?
Exclusive: High Court rules on Richard Hughes’ £400m claim against his prosecutors
Two scoops this week, plus golf, money and FRP’s Welsh raid
Long hot Sumer - inside the private equity backed accountancy consolidator
Why running BGF is about winning hearts and minds
Exile over - Jonathan Boyers is fired up and ready for work
If you want to make the change, be the change
From delighted to distraught and in court: the fund that wants its money back on a £30m acquisition
Why another stalled £5bn sale isn't the perfect prescription for Boots
Investors hope they have found the key to a quantum leap in cyber security
What the battle for Hargreaves Lansdown says about the state of UK PLC
Buying companies is easy - the key is integration
The entrepreneurial case for a stock market listing
Premium sectors primed for buy and build booms
Labour’s business friendly approach only goes so far
The looming war with big bad private equity
Why I gave up a safe and decent career in private equity
‘My balls are in the blender, but it’s the price I’ll pay for control’
Lobbying, bar wars and flogging trainers
Buyouts, venture funds and bookshops
You should write a book about this
High wire act - how one music start-up struck the right note with VC investors
The truth about venture funding
The mental and emotional health angle to doing a deal
The 'before and after' transformation
When the alternative becomes mainstream
A surprisingly smooth ride - why the rise of the consolidators is unstoppable
Scrap metal, plastics and lawyers, but who's up for an award?
Welcome to Wrexham - the prequel
From champion one day, to therapy the next - the myth of the happy seller
Rainmakers award judges love a private equity exit
Why carve outs are all the rage
Bad deals, tales from the dancefloor and a few more on the watchlist...
The B Corp premium - could doing good also increase value?
Confessions of a first time acquirer
Right place, right time, right fit
Inside the perfect storm - Tom Jack prepares to move to Alvarez & Marsal
Don’t call it a champagne moment
The rollercoaster ride of Redx
Pricey debt, unloved on AIM and why European trade is the buyer of choice right now
How the hoodies beat the hard heads
Honesty, vulnerability, generosity and ambition in equal measure
The onward march of private equity through the professions, a story to be continued...
CMA puts the cat amongst the budgies - what next for Pets at Home?
Unloved? Unappreciated? Call the compounder
The incredible tale of the northern big hitters caught up in billion dollar fraud
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