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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...
Property Refinancing
I recently worked with a client on the refinancing of their property portfolio. The portfolio encompassed both specially adapted and general residential accommodation, with a total of...
Mactaggart & Mickel Modernisation
Your family company has been around for nearly a hundred years. It’s in its fourth generation. There are shareholders spread around the world – some are involved...
£35 Million Saved
We are fortunate that, over time, we have developed excellent relationships with the Private Equity and Venture Capital community, and we are frequently asked to perform diligence...
Growing Through Acquisition
In January I completed a small bolt-on acquisition for a client, one which will add 15% – 20% to the ongoing turnover of their business. The vendors...
The Adgen Journey
This is an interesting case study in that almost all our services were used. In fact, the only service not used, thankfully, was in respect of turnaround!...
Facing Up to Difficult Issues
A particularly interesting recent assignment was a review I carried out of an underperforming joint venture of a client company. The joint venture was a specialist manufacturer,...