Alex Marsh, Investment Manager at Maven, caught up with Boiler Plan Managing Director, Ian Henderson, to find out how the £2.15m investment from Maven’s VCTs and North East Development Capital Fund has helped the business accelerate the growth of its disruptive ‘digital first’ service for the sale and installation of boilers. Boiler Plan has achieved […]
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What you do in business matters, but how you do it matters more
There is a common perception that the only way to be successful in business is to be ruthless. Popular culture portrays business leaders as modern versions of Victorian mill owners, willing to do pretty much anything to increase profits. TV series like Dragons’ Den reinforce the stereotype and Gordon Gekko’s catchphrase ‘greed is good’ in […]
Diving in to emerging tech
By Graeme Miller, Innovation Manager. The Great Exhibition! Like me, I’m sure you have heard about it and have some idea of what’s going on but are you getting involved in any way? A few weeks back I was asked to get involved and at the time I thought the exhibition was just for the […]