When you take a closer look at those companies that have achieved a strong business growth strategy over a sustained timescale, certain characteristics become clearer. Having worked with hundreds of high growth businesses over the last 35 year, we would like to share some of...
Running any business is a challenge. Some business owners choose and relish the pressure and opportunities that this choice ultimately casts upon them. Others fall into the position through redundancy or family succession and sometimes find the status rather less to their liking. Either way,...
Raising funding is not an easy task for any business. Whether it be for expansion or acquisition, it will usually need a strategic business plan and professional financial business planning to be successful. The key reason is that most financial institutions are looking to de-risk...
Today there is very little devastatingly new or original commercial thought. Business is very much driven in current times by the economic downturn and surprisingly, fear. This doesn’t mean that businesses need to stop innovating, they just need to do so in a manner that...
In tough times, it is many business owners’ instinct to avoid investing and hunker down, waiting for the economic challenges to blow over. But what if the economic challenges are here to stay? How will your business look if you stay exactly the same for...
If you’re reading this, you are more than likely in business, so you already have survived the early stages of the recession triggered by the Covid19 pandemic. Having been in business for over 30 years, this is the sixth downturn that Ridgetown has endured. During...
Do You Need to Acquire Companies to Hit Your Growth Objectives? Most companies I work with initially assume that they can hit their growth aspirations via traditional, organic growth methods. My own experience, however, finds this approach to be profoundly self-limiting, with company owners rarely hitting...
How to Gain your Business’ Maximum Value Upon Exit During my business dealings, I meet many older company owners who are essentially “trapped” in their businesses. They are in their 60s and 70s and don’t always want to be working but because of a lack of...
Lenders have significant funds to invest in UK business in spite of Brexit – Businesses are lacking confidence to grasp the opportunities! The undulations of the Brexit process have slowed down the growth of UK businesses, even impacting businesses not directly affected by Brexit. The fear...