James Hopkirk

Sep 20, 2024 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Maarten Hoffman |James Hopkirk

Plus X Innovation provides hands-on support and a powerful ecosystem to help founders innovate and accelerate hundreds of innovative products and services each year. By Natasha Kingdon A successful business doesn’t just come from a great product, a successful business comes from delivering the kind of product that the market is hungry for. However, many startups and founders begin with their own idea and simply focus on building the product that is in their head.

Sep 5, 2023 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Jonathan Grant |Daniel Morgan |Amanda Newman Smith |James Hopkirk

Welcome to this monthly series for business owners, where I aim to demystify the corporate market and highlight trends in a non-technical manner The choice for those outside the corporate finance community is often shrouded in mystery. Where will I get the best price? What will each of these deals mean in practice?

Apr 28, 2023 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Alan Wares |Frank Bouette |Michael Pay |James Hopkirk

As if the global environment didn’t have enough on its plate with climate change, the UK’s rivers, beaches and waterways are under a deluge of untreated, and potentially fatal, raw sewage. By Alan Wares What is happening? During the two years of 2021 and 2022, the privatised water companies discharged raw sewage in to the UK’s rivers and beaches for a combined total of 4.4 million hours. That’s the equivalent of one outfall pipe discharging constantly since the year 1772.

Apr 28, 2023 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Frank Bouette |Michael Pay |James Hopkirk

Restructuring and Insolvency legal expert, and Partner at DMH Stallard, Frank Bouette’s last article focussed on seizing the opportunities economic challenges create. He now looks at minimising supply chain risks to help keep your business stable In 2021, Made.com had an initial public offering (IPO) valuation of £775m. In 2022 it went into administration, citing supply chain issues as a major factor, and Next bought its business (primarily, the Made.com brand and intellectual property) for £3m.

Apr 28, 2023 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Michael Pay |James Hopkirk

Selling your business can be a life changing moment and not one to be taken lightly. With the decades of hard graft put into building a business, it is your right to get as much for that business as possible. But how do you ensure you achieve that? Expert in his field, EMC Corporate Finance’s Michael Pay explains the basics Selling a business can be a complex and daunting task, and it is often a once-in-a-lifetime event for business owners.