Businesses don’t fail, people do

BBC   After Andy Scott’s property chain went bust, he started out again taking over so-called “distressed businesses”, that is, firms on the verge of going bust. His secret is that many troubled firms have bright futures if you have the patience to turn them around. Video journalist: Jeremy Howell    

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How not to screw up acquiring a company

Growth Business The process of acquiring a business is one of the biggest decisions you can make as a business owner or manager. But the vast majority of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) – around 80 per cent, according to a recent Harvard Business Review report – fail. Why?Here, we talk to people who’ve been closely […]

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Five questions for… Andy Scott, chairman and founder of REL Capital

Money Week What does your business do? REL Capital is a UK investment company that specialises in turnaround and high-growth businesses. We purchase businesses that are either in decline or distressed from insolvency situations. We roll our sleeves up, work hard and turn them around and back to profit. We operate in several different sectors […]

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Failing GCSE exams didn’t discourage these entrepreneurs from reaching the top

Elite Business Magazine Education is important but with the ongoing pressure for higher studies, students are often stressed. We asked millennial entrepreneurs who failed the exams how they ended up leading successful companies After revision and fear of not getting into university, the summer has been an emotional rollercoaster for UK students, with the past […]

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Ancient council plans preventing new affordable homes

Property Week The balance between protecting green belt land and delivering government housing targets is one that has always divided opinion. Yet, the misunderstanding and simplification of the term ‘protected green belt land’ is arguably the source of this contention. The balance between protecting green belt land and delivering government housing targets is one that has […]

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Green belt building ‘not leading to affordable new homes’ – but are green belt boundaries accurate?

Estate Agent News The Campaign to Protect Rural England have raised concerns that the homes being built on green belt land will not solve the affordable housing crisis. They report that 72% of the homes built last year within the green belt are mostly unaffordable by the government’s definition, and of the 460,000 homes that are planned to […]

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4 Ways to Turn a Faltering Business into a Success

CEO  Today Magazine In the UK, only four percent of businesses manage to celebrate and survive past their 10th birthday, and given the recent high street turmoil, this number is likely set to drop further. As a result, we are witnessing an increasing number of businesses looking for turnaround and restructuring solutions and specialists to […]

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“BUSINESS LEADERS MUST BE PREPARED TO HEAVILY INVEST”

Business Leader Business Leader recently sat down with Andy Scott, a property entrepreneur and the Chairman and Founder of REL Capital. As founder & chairman of REL Capital, a company that purchases and transforms UK SMEs, Andy has an extensive insight into how to transform a business that is struggling, into a thriving one. Andy […]

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