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And the Winner is... - Click To Read Article
Probably not the consumer but is the balance tilting? I had the pleasure this month of attending the PLC Awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel. The categories of award included Best Performing Share, Best Performing Smaller Company Fund, and Company of the Year. Funnily enough there was no award for most cost effective fundraising/acquisition of the year; that's possibly not something that the City would wish to celebrate.

Simon Pure are the Toast of Surrey - Click To Read Article
Orchard client Simon Pure is celebrating after having yet again picked up a major award. The design led jewellery retailer and manufacturer has this time triumphed at the prestigious 2010 Toast of Surrey awards.

Down Pompeii - Click To Read Article
Late tax payments in your AIM companies? Then titter ye not. Well, after last month’s article about the loss of independence of the great British brand Cadbury, this month another, admittedly not so large, brand is in the news.

Nothing Standard About This New Category - Click To Read Article
A confusing name for decaffeinated regulation. So goodbye Cadbury, and now that we've all digested the threat of job cuts and the loss of independence of a great British brand, we can turn our attention to the real concern of Curly Wurly et al being renamed. Some of us of a certain age of course still rue the rebranding of Opal Fruits and fear that long-loved Cadbury brands will have their names changed to something that begs an exclamation mark after them like Starburst(!).

Orchard Growth alerts growth businesses to predicted change in R&D tax credit allowance, following tightening up at HMRC - Click To Read Article
Orchard Growth, providers of flexible finance directors to growth companies, has warned companies in its care to ensure that they are prepared for a predicted change to the tax relief allowance provided for research and development. As many of the growth companies served by Orchard Growth’s part-time FDs are involved in technology, any change to the R&D tax relief boundaries could have a significant impact.

Orchard survey shows that CEOs expect business climate to improve in 2010 - Click To Read Article
A recent survey of CEOs showed that 88% of business leaders expect 2010 to be a better year for their businesses than 2009. The survey also showed that whilst 2009 was a difficult year for most, 75% of CEOs felt that they had learned some useful lessons from the recession.

Flexi-budget - Planning for uncertain times - Click To Read Article
During these uncertain times, companies need to maintain the discipline of good planning and budgeting, but how can you plan and budget when the goalposts keep moving? Orchard Growth Partners is rolling out a flexible planning and budgeting methodology which allows companies to prepare flexible and layered budgets.

If I was your Finance Director - Click To Read Article
With most business owners and managers coming back from their summer holidays, thoughts are now turning to what will be happening to their businesses, not only in the remaining months of 2009 but in 2010 and beyond. Finance directors are no different in that they will have plenty to occupy them on their return to the office, and they will certainly be playing their part in this thought process. Orchard Growth Partners Principal Antony Doggwiler gives you a taste of what finance directors are up to at this crucial time of the year.





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