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Why Operational Leverage Is the Most Misused Phrase in Small Deals Introduction: The Slide That Always Looks Impressive Few phrases appear more frequently in micro private capital decks than “operational leverage”. It is presented as a virtuous mechanism. Revenue …

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Early March 2026 Advertised Requirements Early March 2026 Advertised Requirements A total of 100 Requirements and Opportunities are in this issue: Requirements And Opportunities Advertised for Friends – Continually Updated These Requireme…

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Podcast: Retro Road Test: 1985 Lancia Delta Vs 1985 Renault 11 My recent blog post titled “Retro Road Test: 1985 Lancia Delta Vs 1985 Renault 11” is now available to listen to as a podcast on my Spotify channel and on all other podcasting channels …

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Why Micro Private Capital Still Beats Institutional Money (Despite Itself) Introduction: The Smaller Hammer Often Hits More Precisely For all its flaws — and we have been generous in cataloguing them — micro private capital still possesses a stubborn advantage over instit…

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Been Having A Few Bunfights Recently! Recently, I have been having a few “bunfights” about AI and recruitment processes. AI has really taken over in recruitment, especially on the jobseeker/applicant side of things. My view…

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Mid February 2026 Advertised Requirements Mid February 2026 Advertised Requirements A total of 100 Requirements and Opportunities are in this issue: Requirements And Opportunities Advertised for Friends – Continually Updated These Requirem…

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What Micro Private Capital Gets Wrong About Itself Introduction: A Market Very Pleased With Its Own Reflection Micro private capital likes to think of itself as the sensible adult in the room. Not as flashy as venture capital, not as bloated as ins…

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Retro Road Test: 1988 Renault 5 GT Turbo vs. Ford Fiesta XR2 For anyone with even half a petrolhead’s heart in 1988, the scene was simple: get yourself a hot hatch, thrash it mercilessly, and fervently hope you don’t meet an unsuspecting Mini round a country…

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Micro Private Equity versus Micro Private Credit: the Pro’s and Con’s There comes a point in every financier’s life when the words “micro” and “private” stop sounding like adjectives and start sounding like a lifestyle choice. You are no longer buying slices of FTSE …

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Early February 2026 Advertised Requirements Early February 2026 Advertised Requirements A total of 100 Requirements and Opportunities are in this issue: Requirements And Opportunities Advertised for Friends – Continually Updated These Requir…

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So Why The Police Reforms Announced A Few Days Ago Not Gone Enough? Part Two Well its quite simple. Its not good enough. Ask yourselves this. Did you ever want the wife of a convicted sex offender to be a chief constable for example? What would make the wife of a convicted …

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What Skills Can Dogs Bring to Micro Private Equity! If you were to wander into the offices of a micro private equity firm expecting the usual sights – spreadsheets glowing softly on widescreen monitors, lukewarm flat whites, and people arguing earne…

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What Skills Can Cats Bring to Micro Private Equity! Private equity, particularly at the micro end of the market, is often portrayed as a world of spreadsheets, stern expressions, late-night coffees and the quiet hum of risk. It is a place where numb…

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So Warwickshire Police DO have Theiving Police Officers! On my usual morning scroll through the BBC News I was drawn to this piece. Titled “C denies stealing from property after drugs raid” it describes a Warwickshire police officer who stole…

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The Most Popular Content Of 2025 Please click or see below for the most popular content of 2025 as voted for by you, the humble visitor. These are the blogs and content pages you clicked on the most in 2025. Thank you all.

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Retro Road Test: 1987 Fiat X1/9 vs 1987 Toyota MR2 Imagine, if you will, a dusty B-road somewhere just outside Leamington Spa. You’re standing with a steaming flask, waiting for two mid-engine sports cars to come screaming around a bend in pursuit …

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Lets Talk About PIP and Motability…. For months my social feeds have been full of crap like every on PIP gets a free car from Motability. Or, a bloke in my town has a Ferrari on PIP or every person with a blue badge is on PIP and gets…

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To What Extent Will AI Damage the UK Recruitment Industry in the Next Five Years? The United Kingdom’s recruitment industry is no stranger to disruption. Over the decades it has survived recessions, regulatory upheaval, the rise of the gig economy, the emergence of LinkedIn, and…

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Lucy’s Blog: Its My 7th Birthday!!! November 2025 It’s my Birthday today! I am 7 years old! I command you all to bow and curtsy and send me Dreamies (but not anonymously!) It’s also the 7th anniversary of me living with Court. Technica…

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The Bullying Culture in the NHS Few institutions in Britain evoke as much affection, pride, and emotional investment as the National Health Service. The NHS has been called “the closest thing the English have to a religion,” a ph…

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The UK Social Domestic Care Industry: Faults and Failings Introduction The social domestic care sector in the United Kingdom — the myriad of unpaid carers, home-care agencies, care homes, domiciliary support workers and the local authority systems that ov…

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What Skills Can S*x Workers Bring to Micro Private Equity? This continues my series on what skills x or y can bring to Micro Private equity, We have had recruiters, the military, teachers, the clergy and bank robbers, this lighter piece explores a surprisi…

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Retro Road Test: Ferrari F355 vs Porsche 911 (993) – Road Test, 1997 Two legends, one brief: build a car that makes your heart race before you’ve even turned the key. In the red corner, Italy’s prancing horse – the Ferrari F355, a mid-engined sculpture from Maranell…

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Podcast: What Skills Can Bank Robbers Bring to Micro Private Equity? My recent blog post titled “What Skills Can Bank Robbers Bring to Micro Private Equity?” is now available to listen to as a podcast on my Spotify channel and on all other podcasting cha…

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What Skills Can Bank Robbers Bring to Micro Private Equity? Introduction: When the Getaway Car Meets the Cashflow Forecast On the face of it, “bank robbers” and “micro private equity” seem to belong in entirely separate galaxies of human endeavour. One oper…

As part of my "What Skills can xxx bring to Micro Private Equity" We have a humourous one today - bank robbers! In the past we have done soldiers, recruiters, the nhs, teachers and the clergy.
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Podcast: What Skills Can the NHS Bring to Micro Private Equity? My recent blog post titled “What Skills Can the NHS Bring to Micro Private Equity?” is now available to listen to as a podcast on my Spotify channel and on all other podcasting channels…

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Retro Road Test: Rover 600 vs Saab 900 (1995, 2.0 Litres) It is 1995. Blur and Oasis are bickering over who owns Britain’s ears, “Windows 95” has taught the world to click “Start” to shut down, and half the country’s middle managers are discovering the re…

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Open Letter To Utility Warehouse CEO An open letter to the CEO of Utility Warehouse after having no mobile network for 5 days.

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Road Test: Citroën XM 2.0 vs Ford Granada 2.0 (UK, 1991) One’s a safe suit, the other’s a flying saucer. But which gets the corner office? Setting the Scene The year is 1991. Britain is between recessions, Simply Red are still on the radio, and if you’re…

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Download: Mid September 2025 Requirements List Please click or see below if you are in single post mode for the Mid September 2025 requirements list as a downloadable PDF file.

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