Intelligence for '007. A new year brings new challenges and the January issue of North West Business Insider magazine provides a feature and a CD featuring anyalysis of the top 500 companies in the region.
Almost all quiet again this year at the top of Insider's ranking of the North West's Top 500 companies, as compiled by Rob Mayfield and Rob Hoare
Most would consider spinning a new company out of the 70-year-old family business and listing it to be a daunting task. Not Stephen Falder.
And this is a business with success in its near grasp, finds Joanne Birtwistle
Understanding how hedge funds work is like navigating a complex maze. Even the terms used - alpha, gamma, information ratio, and distressed debt - sound like classes at Harry Potter's Hogwarts. Lawrence Gosling takes you on a journey into an unknown and mysterious world