Proud of your product, why not hit the public markets with an IPO?
While that all-important business growth capital can be sourced from a number of places, Ian Gillis and Michael Bennett look at how the IPO route can work.
Domino’s Pizza becomes reigning champion of IPOs
Believe it or not, Domino’s Pizza is a stock market success story. And for those wanting to get in on the action, here’s your chance – it’s looking to make its sixth IPO.
Experimenting, failing fast and moving on has worked wonders for me
A surprise accolade confirms Richard Blanford’s view that continued innovation is the way forward, while failing fast is no bad thing if quickly abandoned.
Labour policies like cutting off nose to spite face
Charlie Mullins explains why Jeremy Corbyn’s bargain bucket of shoddy Labour policies will impact the business community badly.
There’s a first time for everything – and a tech VC fund listed on AIM is one of them
Venture capital (VC) firm Draper Espirit has been admitted to AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s junior market. This, the investment team said, was crucial for the company to realise its ambition of becoming a $1bn business within a few years.
Hotel Chocolat picks IPO route to support accelerated site rollout
Having grown its revenues to £81.1m as a private company, Hotel Chocolat has announced it will list on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to fuel further expansion.
AIM must be set free from any LSE mega-merger
With “exchanges” clearly seeing providing the facilities to list and trade equities as of ever diminishing importance, it doesn’t take much of a mental leap to realise at the monthly board meetings of the directors of MegaExchange, AIM will never be given any agenda airtime at all.
London Stock Exchange merger arriving at great time for under pressure David Cameron
Recent news has suggested that the London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Börse are in talks about a merger – but not only will the looming Brexit decision impact this deal, if the "merger of equals" goes through then it would preside over many of the world's leading financial markets.
P2P lender Funding Circle outlines plans for £150m capital market fund
Having lent £830m to British businesses since founding in 2010, fintech company Funding Circle intends to raise £150m via a placing on the London Stock Exchange to bolster future lending.
Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman commits to future at company
Having set up the business alongside Simon Kain in 2007, serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman has pledged his continued leadership at Zoopla for the “next few years” – and will soon be rewarded with an increased remuneration and new “value creation plan”.
AIM stock exchange: 20 years boiled down into numbers
When the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market was launched 20 years ago today it had only ten companies worth an aggregate market value of £82m. Fast-forward and over 3,500 companies have floated raising more than £90bn.
We find out why only two companies have used the LSE’s High Growth Segment
In a week which is supposed be be showcasing the fast-growth London technology sector, it is alarming that a special on-ramp designed to make it easier for these companies to float has only had two takers.