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They Work Among Us
Extract from “Bad Science” by Ben Goldacre describing one of his favourite psychological papers: “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognising One’s Own Incompetence Lead...
Finance for Owner Managed Businesses
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Owner Managed Businesses, small companies – call them whatever you wish – but there is no doubt they have been disproportionately affected...
A Refinancing Conundrum
Back in 2007, one client in the social housing sector had the misfortune to have had Northern Rock as its main finance provider. When Northern Rock hit...
The 4 Rs in Action
Some years ago I was asked by an investment bank to look into a business in which they had invested £2m. It had invested only £500k originally...
25 Years On.....
When I founded Craig Corporate in 1985 the challenges facing privately owned and managed businesses were great. Even without the pressures brought to bear by the global...
Chairman's View
Earlier this month I was asked to share my thoughts on the current prospects for owner managed companies by the Chairman’s Network. These thoughts, together with some of my observations from Craig...