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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...

Neil Grimmond Neil Grimmond

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...

Nicola Green Nicola Green

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...

Paul Bready Paul Bready

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...

Neil Grimmond Neil Grimmond

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...

Craig Corporate Craig Corporate

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...

Ross McAdam Ross McAdam

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….)....

Neil Grimmond Neil Grimmond

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...

Neil Grimmond Neil Grimmond

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...

Neil Grimmond Neil Grimmond
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