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Steve Purdham
Debbie Pierce
Richard O'Sullivan
Brian Hay
Gary Jacobson
Jeremy Roberts
Tony Caldeira
David Pollock
Ian Morris
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Funding brewery growth

Debbie Pierce

Q. I run a micro-brewery that sells bottled ales through a few local outlets. We have been approached by an investor who would like to help fund our growth but none of us has much experience in developing broader retail channels. Where should we start?

Beneficial Rotary?
Debbie Pierce

The head of my town’s Rotary club has recently approached me about becoming a member. I’m not much of a joiner and am, frankly, busy enough without yet another commitment but as I run a print shop that does a lot of work with local companies I wonder whether it might be good for business. What do you think?

Buy or Lease?
Debbie Pierce

My food processing business is in the fortunate position of expanding at the moment – in the current market would you recommend buying a new manufacturing unit to accommodate our growth or leasing extra space?

Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

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