Latest from Nick Britton
Nick Britton is editoral director of Vitesse Media. He has been writing about growing businesses and entrepreneurship since 2007.
Why ABS spells a new dawn for legal M&A
The Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licence granted to private equity-backed Parabis could herald many more marriages between buy-out houses and law firms.
The expertise behind a gold
Team GB's Olympians owe their success not just to their natural talent, but to the deep pools of knowledge and experience they have been able to draw on.
The big banks and their challengers
A pack of increasingly aggressive competitors is snapping at the heels of the big high-street names, who have a job on their hands to regain public trust.
The buzz about Beecroft
The notion of no-fault dismissals has split the business world in two.
The true meaning of entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are often portrayed as adrenaline-addled risk-takers, but is the willingness to take a gamble really their defining trait?
VCTs: the good, the bad and the ugly
The venture capital trust (VCT) industry is still haunted by the spectre of tax dodging.
Backing the big society
The Big Society bank has £600 million to prove a model that could transform entrepreneurship in the UK.
Skin in the game
It seems private equity bosses are under pressure to take a big dose of their own medicine.
The art of the trade-off
Trade-offs are a necessary part of business life – but they can be painfully difficult for a CEO.
Hope and fear
Last week I asked how optimistic you were feeling. Here’s some of the responses.
Post-holiday blues
News that the national insurance holiday scheme for start-ups has cost more to run than it has saved businesses has raised an uproar.
Empty gesture
Things are still pretty tough out there, so any help or encouragement the government can offer businesses is gratefully received.
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