Scaling Up

Women on the Rise: The New Power Players in Investing

The rising influence of women as a fast-growing investor segment Women’s share of global financial assets is rapidly increasing, and their influence is reshaping the investment landscape as we know it. As more wealth managers aim to attract and serve women investors, who are increasingly aligning their portfolios with personal values, the impact of this […]

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Carly Redwood Partners With The Small Consultancy

The Small Consultancy strengthens client value proposition partnering with Head of People & Culture The Small Consultancy, a leading provider of flexible in-house recruitment solutions for PE/VC portfolios, startups, and scaleups, today announced a strategic partnership with Carly Redwood as Head of People & Culture. On the partnership, Managing Director of The Small Consultancy, Caroline

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Is pausing the work permit system the key to addressing the skills gap for Isle of Man Scaleups?

Across the Isle of Man, businesses are concerned about the skills shortage in many areas needed for the economy to recover post-covid. And, I don’t think it will come as a shock to anyone reading this that many of the skills needed by startups and scaleups to grow are in particularly high demand. The government

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How can Private Equity companies in the Channel Isles encourage people to return to work?

The theme of this year’s Spring Budget was very much encouraging people back into the workplace – particularly those workers who decided not to return to work after the pandemic. Regardless of whether Jeremy Hunt’s budget hit the mark in this regard, managing a PE company or a PE-backed scaleup in Guernsey, Jersey or the

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Scottish Scale-Ups buck the trend on deals but talent problems persist

In 2022, Scottish Private Equity companies attracted a record amount of investment (£3.5 billion) even though investment numbers were still slumping elsewhere in the UK. 51 deals were completed in Scotland, up 69% from the previous year. Total investments were also up by £1.5 billion in 2022, making Scotland the only area of the UK

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