Co-CEO at Rigby Group PLC - a Top 10 UK family business | Incoming Chair of Family Business UK | A leading voice in the world of private and family business, entrepreneurship and philanthropy .
Thanks to The Quoted Companies Alliance(QCA) who invited me as a guest on their Growth Capital Podcast recently to discuss the interesting topic of ‘Public or Private?’. James Ashton, Ray Anderson and I discussed timings for founders to go public and how the stock market could increase its appeal so that more entrepreneurs take the plunge. I emphasised the need to give people the confidence to succeed, whether public or private. I also shared some of my personal experience about how we’ve successfully helped smaller companies to scale and grow, setting growth agendas for 6–7 years and working with them towards entering the public market. In this episode we covered key topics such as: · funding gaps, venture capital and how we could use the UK tax system to incentivise businesses · what motivates companies to turn to overseas investment · long-term planning and what the components of the journey to success look like · why some companies would rather stay private than going public – and the benefits of doing that, such as taxation. It was great to hear the thoughts of Ray Anderson; he has more than 30 years’ experience in starting, growing and selling businesses, and is executive chair and founder of Bango. Listen here https://lnkd.in/eseWiqrK #GrowthCapital #PublicVsPrivate #Entrepreneurship
Quoted Companies Alliance CEO | Author "The Everything Blueprint"
10moThanks for taking part Steve. Really important to take a broad view in order to solve some of these tricky challenges so that UK companies can fulfill their potential. More Growth Capital episodes soon.