Finance

Description of Services -Practice specialising in managing the finances and raising funds for entrepreneurial businesses, usually with outside investors.
 
How did you start off in business? - I was made redundant in 1999, so started up own firm

What have been your Highs and lows? -Raising £8m for first UK specialist bowel screening cancer
unit and selling successful archive filing company in the same year

The £8m took three years to raise - Losing 75% of my client base and rebuilding
 
How you are able to help small businesses?
My career has been with the small businesses. Post chartered accountancy training in Scotland, had 17 years as a venture capitalist backing independent companies, followed by advising businesses as a corporate financier.