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Cover feature… p30 Rising Stars


Business XL’s annual look at 50 of the brightest fast-growing companies in the UK


Features… p14


A prime vintage: Mark Bedini


Mark Bedini of Fine+Rare wines speaks to Todd Cardy about the business’s growth and seizing opportunities


p51 Innovate from within


Companies are empowering staff at all levels – and the resulting “intrapreneurs” can benefit businesses, writes Ben Lobel


p18


p22


Enterprising Britain


Business leaders tell Ellie Duncan whether the government’s raft of incentives have succeeded in creating an enterprise economy


p54


A sign of things to come


With technology being one of the fastest- growing sectors in the UK, Hunter Ruthven examines the deal drivers behind tech M&A


The ‘Red-Tape Revolution’?


The Takeover Panel has unleashed a fresh batch of requirements for M&A transactions. Hunter Ruthven reports


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