Acquisitions need planning

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Businesses grow for a number of different reasons. The question is, however, which route to follow: organic or acquisitive growth? The latter offers plenty of traps for the unwary.  Adam Bernstein outlines what firms need to consider

Acquisition offers benefits which may be enough to sway any investor looking for a good return

 

The question of how to grow a business is one that has perplexed many for generations. Organic or acquisitive growth? It makes no odds which route is taken, the end goal is the same – greater profitability. And acquisitions have been in vogue for the coach and bus sector. […]

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