About

Nick was the Managing Editor for growthbusiness.co.uk when it was owned by Vitesse Media, before moving on to become Head of Investment Group and Editor at What Investment and thence to Head of Intermediary Communications at The Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

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What I’m reading now

The Best Service is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs, by Bill Price and David Jaffe Dominic Monkhouse, general manager, PEER 1

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Company Profile: Mears

With a strong financial track record and major contract wins in a sector that has remained buoyant throughout the recession, there's more to come from social care specialist Mears

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Economic insight

Kathleen Stephansen, chief economist and MD of US-based Aladdin Capital Holdings, questions the received wisdom about jobless recoveries

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Going places…

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The next big thing…

Augmented reality. Seeing the world with the aid of annotated computer display has long been a mainstay of science fiction. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator wouldn't have been such an efficient killing machine without this facility.

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‘Research is key,’ says Peter Jones

Serial entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den investor Peter Jones says that many small business owners fall short when it comes to appreciating the importance of research.

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Advent sells Herlitz to Pelikan

Buy-out firm Advent International is to sell its 66 per cent stake in German stationary product company Herlitz for €45 million (£40 million).

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NorthStar leads WorkCast investment

Venture capital firm NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has led an investment of £850,000 into webcasting specialist WorkCast.

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SpiriTel acquires ADK

London-based telecommunications business SpiriTel has acquired ADK Communications for £1 million in cash. 

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Takeover approach for Gladstone 

Health, leisure and education software provider Gladstone says it has received a £16 million ‘indicative’ takeover approach. 

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PartyGaming buys WPTE

Online gaming company PartyGaming has acquired WPT Enterprises (WPTE), a Los Angeles-based poker and gambling company, for up to $15.3 million (£9.1 million).   

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Private equity bosses bullish

Four in five private equity fund managers expect to profit personally from their current funds, according to research among 120 private equity professionals.

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