The Growing Business Handbook: Inspiration and Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs and Fast Growing UK Companies

Praise and Reviews

"Filled with articles from experts in the private sector providing advice to small- and medium-sized companies on techniques to expand their business."

- Business & Finance UK

"Takes a practical approach to all the issues encountered by today's fast-growing businesses. For those who already have achieved an established market position and want to build on their success."

- Business & Finance Sco

Aimed at senior managers in middle market and SME companies, The Growing Business Handbook represents a range of strategies for managing growth and fulfilling business potential. It aims to support and inspire budding entrepreneurs and to help successful businesses embark on the often-perilous course of second and third phase expansion and development.

This authoritative book combines informed comment from professionals, such as KPMG and Royal SunAlliance, with the direct experience of those who have been through the growth process and who have met the challenge of learning to keep control of a rapidly growing enterprise. It focuses on issues such as funding, ownership structure, developing management capability, acquisition, innovation, and global expansion.

Key content includes:

building market share

people and performance

cash flow and working capital

enterprise risks

acquisitions and disposals

finance and capital

property and locations

smarter organizations