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Talking Shop
At the moment, the news is full of tales of woe from the traditional retail sector. Businesses are restructured, jobs lost, and store portfolios reduced. Almost 2,500...
Diligence in action – case study
Phase 1 Last year we embarked on a due diligence engagement, our role to interrogate the historic financial performance and assess the veracity of forecasts prepared by...
Buy, Sell, Dream and Scheme! Lessons for business by...
Some people are good at Monopoly; the same people who don’t see it as ‘just a game of chance’. They also tend to be the only family...
To see oursels as others see us…
As we approach Burns night, some of the Bard’s best loved works will be spoken and sung over the next few weeks. It brings to mind favourite...
Craig Corporate Supports The Herald Scottish Family ...
Craig Corporate was delighted to once again sponsor, judge and attend The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards 2018. The awards were held at the Radisson hotel Glasgow...
My First Year
Just over a year ago I made the decision to join Craig Corporate. The driving forces on this decision were two-fold. I wanted to make a real...
Are Golden Tickets part of your succession plan? Bey...
I found myself watching the film of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory recently (the Johnny Depp one sadly, not the far superior Gene Wilder original….)....
The Undercover MBO
Last year we led the VIMBO of a successful business. VIMBOs often take place under the radar and this case was an excellent example, where the Company...
Sharing the Equity Cake
When raising equity finance, management teams are always keen to limit the proportion of equity which is sold to an incoming investor. The typical conversation of how...