In the News
Business Growth: Hotel Chocolat Plans a Floatation
Geoff Riley
10th March 2016
One of my favourite businesses Hotel Chocolat is using the AIM market for a share listing because of the lower costs of raising fresh equity. Some of the funds will help purchase a cocoa plantation - a good example here of vertical integration to control/assure quality of ingredients.
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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