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Mergers & Acquisitions

Peter Cullum: The art of smart buying

When Peter Cullum and his colleagues first sat around his kitchen table in 1997 to plan the creation of Towergate, they were clear from the outset that acquisition was central to the strategy.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions

University spin-outs and venture capital funds come together

Investors are increasingly keen to back cutting-edge technology developed at UK universities, but entrepreneurial talent is what is really needed to make such ventures commercially successful.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Company Acquisitions made easy

Attractive company acquisition opportunities often appeal to ambitious growth businesses, but such deals need to be financed correctly. GrowthBusiness looks at various ways to get your sums right.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Does acquisition breed competition?

Over the past 12 months, AIM-listed software supplier Torex Retail has embarked on an extensive and hugely eventful period of acquisition. Curiously, however, the company’s competitors also claim to be reaping the rewards.

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Acquisition dangers

Acquisitions can fail spectacularly. Instead of creating extra wealth, they destroy it. Step forward the latest apparent victim – Ken Morrison of Morrison Supermarkets, a man with a 37-year unblemished record of success.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Expotel completes VRG merger

Ambitious business-travel booking business Expotel Hotel Reservations has finalised its merger with rival Venue Resource Group, marking a major landmark in chairman Maurice Segal’s expansion strategy.