Private business

Setting up your business overseas

By Mike Curran

In an increasingly globalised world, there’s an obvious opportunity for private businesses to move into new territories and open operations overseas. But what are the challenges a business will need to overcome to make a successful move to a new jurisdiction?

Recently, we met up with Nick Paine, Chief Financial Officer of Graff Diamonds, an international jewellery retailer who we have worked with to project manage and streamline the expansion procedure. We asked Nick about the experiences he’s had when opening new branches and subsidiaries in new countries as part of their global expansion. Graff has recently moved into new markets in the Far East, opening stores in both China and Taiwan. Read more about Graf Diamonds in the Private Business magazine article now on-line.

If you’re planning a move overseas and would like to find out more about the challenges involved, feel free to call Mike Curran on 020 7213 8190 or send an email.

Are you looking for funding to help grow your business?

As part of my role in PwC's specialist corporate finance team that works with private businesses I recently met with The Business Growth Fund (BGF)  They are an independent organisation with £2.5bn to provide long-term equity funding to UK businesses to help them expand and grow.

The BGF will look at businesses in a wide range of sectors who are UK based.  So. if you have sales of between £10m and £100m, and are looking for funding to expand, then call me to find out more on 020 7212 3929 or send me an email via our site.