G4S chief financial officer Trevor Dighton says tougher competition regulation is becoming an issue because it’s getting harder and harder to gain approval for deals.

When Lee Pearson joined Kidsunlimited as finance director two year ago, the company wasn’t making any money. However, in two years, he’s turned around the nursery chain’s fortunes so that it’s on track to make 40 times as much it used to.

Former Matalan finance director Ian Smith has taken over as chief executive of British leisure company Pontin's after he and three others bought the business for £46m.

Trading shares via CREST is particularly important for institutional investors, says Invu finance director John Agostini.

Independent internet advertising groups such as Unanimis Consulting are a rare breed these days in an industry that’s going crazy for M&A, according to the company’s FD Alex Rahaman.

Document management software provider Invu was mid-way through a bold capital restructuring when the company fell foul of the regulators. FD John Agostini tells us what happened next.

Invu, the £27m market cap document management software provider, has blazed a trail for US companies listed on AIM that want to simplify their share structure and allow for their shares to be traded on CREST. FD John Agostini talks us through it.

Thinking about a joint venture? Stagecoach Group FD Martin Griffiths says you’ve got to be “very comfortable” with your potential partner for it to work.

At root, the failures that caused the current credit crisis can’t be solved by the central banks alone. A lack of accountability, responsibility and transparency have broken the trust investors and traders had in capital market securities.

The FSA has published a discussion paper on a potential restructuring of the UK listing regime.