Archive of North West Business Insider
Issue - March 2010
The March issue of Insider gets inside the £955m sale of Pets at Home. Rupert
Cornford looks at the transaction in the context of the wider debt markets and
the road ahead for private equity and venture capital in the North West. We also
interview the managing director of Laterooms.com Chris Morris and find out more
about the company’s latest venture into South East Asia. There are also cutting
edge pieces on data security, planning and the MIPIM property exhibition.
We have maintained a cautious optimism for the past 18 months, believing that business in the North West would prove to be more resilient and innovative than much of the media gave it credit for.
As North West petcare retailer Pets at Home is sold for nearly £1bn, Rupert Cornford gets inside what could be the deal of the decade.
Is this a career-defining moment? Rupert Cornford meets the man at the helm of internet success Laterooms.com.
