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Chris Searle is partner in the Transaction Services team of accountancy and business advisory firm BDO, specialising in advising companies seeking to list on the Main Market or AIM. Chris has worked on over 80 IPOs. He also leads the firm’s corporate finance technical and prospectus committees and is chairman of the technical committee of the ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty.

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Initial Public Offering
Opinion

AIM – the return of the IPO

Few would have predicted this time last year that 2013 would see a recovery in the AIM IPO market in 2013, yet that is what has…

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Finance

The AIM flotation process

Last month, I discussed the pros and cons of floating your company. This month, I’m going to look at the flotation process itself, concentrating on AIM.

Initial Public Offering
Finance

Is a flotation right for your business?

Is a flotation right for your business? You may have seen in the press recently comment that more and more companies are considering an IPO on…

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Opinion

Mini bonds – a new source of funding for SMEs

In the wake of the financial crisis and the lower availability of debt from banks, a number of companies have issued what I call ‘mini bonds’…