The price multiple paid by Chinese, Japanese and Indian buyers for European businesses has increased from 3.3 times EBITDA in 2010 to 9.9 times EBITDA in 2012. This is particularly significant as global multiples have fallen over this period. The Chinese have the greatest appetite for Western assets with M&A activity by Chinese companies higher […]
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Author Archive for Mike Campbell – Page 3
Does your company view all customers the same? Most businesses do. However, not all customers are the same and they can be categorised into at least four classifications. The simple classifications can be made by considering two factors – how much profit you generate from the customer, and how much maintenance does the customer consume. […]
Read MoreCampbell Ventures is proud to support and sponsor the July 7th London bombing survivors at the National Security & Resilience Annual Challenge Dinner held at the Rifles Club in Mayfair, London this evening. The evening was hosted by Falkland’s war veteran Simon Weston OBE. The dinner aims to raise the profile of the survivors and […]
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Campbell Ventures received excellent feedback on the delivery of a strategic consulting project aimed at attracting high growth cleantech businesses to a new UK eco town – Whitehill & Bordon, East Hampshire www.whitehillbordon.com. The consulting project’s conclusions provided a clear and practical inward investment strategy to attract high growth foreign and indigenous UK businesses into […]
Read MoreSantander has recently published a study completed by Birmingham University which investigates the competitive business position of 74 UK towns and cities and London Boroughs. Each town and city was scored against five comparable criteria including: Enterprise – business vitality and sustainability Talent – calibre and availability of qualified talent Connectivity – in terms of […]
Read More“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” goes the old saying. Most businesses measure and track some key performance metrics. Often two or three metrics are selected to assess the performance of business units , teams or individuals. However, the problem with monitoring performance based on a small number of metrics will potentially […]
Read MoreCampbell Ventures has been invited to be the founder international member of the Chinese government’s national health, safety and rescue project steering committee. The objective of the project is to introduce advanced Western health and safety product manufacturers into China, and to create a competitive and innovative health, safety and rescue products manufacturing and supply chain industry in […]
Read MoreCampbell Ventures will be holding a four day client conference and workshop in Verona, Italy 19th -22nd August 2012. The focus of the conference will be on “Identifying Growth Opportunities in Challenging Markets.” Clients from Europe, North America and China have confirmed their attendance. The conference will highlight and present: Strategies for businesses in depressed […]
Read MoreCampbell Ventures is pleased to announce that the company will be sponsoring the Tanbridge House School’s Sports Awards evening on Tuesday 17th July. Jules White, Headmaster of the Horsham based comprehensive school said “It is great that Campbell Ventures have sponsored our Sports Award evening and their contribution is very much appreciated. The Tanbridge House […]
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