Scale-up Insights
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -Looking to scale your business? Looking for practical advice on how to manage the legal challenges that come with growth?
Join Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings, Partners in the Fast Growth team at top 50 UK law firm TLT LLP as they dive into key topics that you need to be thinking about as you grow your business and what you really need to know from a legal perspective.
We share our insights and advice on the issues that clients bring to us on a daily basis and discuss them with experts both inside and outside of TLT about their experience and the advice they found most valuable.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course and achieve them, supporting you from scale to sale.
This podcast is for general guidance and represents our understanding of the law at the time of recording. Specific legal advice should be sought for specific cases.
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Episodes
The Future Fund - one month on
June 17, 2020 08:59 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by colleague, Grant Edwards, a fellow corporate lawyer at TLT specialising in private equity and fast growth, to take update us on further guidance around the Future Fund. In this conversation we cover: A recap of what the Future Fund is and the key qualifying criteria. Most recent guidance and clarification on qualifying criteria. Issues around documentation for the business and investors and how the money can be used. What we...
Is the coronavirus Future Fund right for your scale-up business?
May 01, 2020 11:37 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBWelcome to the seventh episode in our Scale-up Insights series of podcasts. Previous episodes have covered the key things scale-ups should consider as they move forward with their business, in this bite-size episode we look at one of the options available to scale-ups to navigate the current Covid-19 crisis. In this episode, Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by colleague, Jon Gill, a fellow partner in the Corporate team at TLT specialising in private equity and fast growth, to take...
Employee incentives for scale-up businesses
March 25, 2020 16:00 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MBWelcome to the sixth episode in our Scale-up Insights series of podcasts. In the series so far, we have covered funding, heads of terms, IP protection, data compliance and recruiting and managing people Once you have attracted and recruited the right people to help grow your business, you need to keep the team engaged and motivated. In today’s episode Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by colleague Lucy Hedges, who specialises in helping businesses set up share incentive schemes, ...
Grow and manage your team – getting it right for scale-ups
March 18, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 20.1 MBWelcome to the fifth episode in our Scale-up Insights series of podcasts. In the series so far, we have covered funding, heads of terms, IP protection and data compliance. Today we are talking about the issues you may face as you grow your team to keep pace with scaling-up your business. In today’s episode Nina Searle is joined by Siobhan Fitzgerald, partner in our employment law practice at TLT to take a detailed look at everything you need to know about recruitment from a legal perspectiv...
Getting to grips with data for Scale-up Businesses
February 14, 2020 08:51 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBWelcome to the fourth episode in our Scale-up Insights series of podcasts. Previous episodes have covered funding, Heads of Terms and IP Protection and today we will be discussing the golden rules of data for scale-up businesses. In this episode, Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by colleague, Emma Erskine-Fox, an associate in the data, privacy and cybersecurity team at TLT, to take a detailed look at everything you need to know about data collection and storage from a pragmatic le...
An IP Retrospective
February 14, 2020 08:50 - 33 minutes - 27 MBWelcome to the third episode in our Scale-up Insights series of podcasts. Previously we have looked at sources of funding and Head of Terms documentation as you prepare to scale up. In this episode, we are taking a look at something that should be your top priority from day one when launching and growing a business, your Intellectual Property (IP). In today’s episode Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by colleague Dan Read, partner in TLT’s Technology & IP team to discuss what it i...
Heads of Terms for Scale-up Businesses
February 07, 2020 12:04 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MBWelcome to the second in our Scale Up Insights series of podcasts. In the last episode we looked at the different sources of funding and tax reliefs available for high growth businesses and today we look at the next stage, agreeing Heads of Terms as you prepare to raise capital for growth. In this episode Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by Charlie Robinson, Partner at YFM Equity Partners to take a detailed look at everything you need to know about Heads of Terms and why they are ...
Heads of Terms for Scale Up Businesses
February 07, 2020 12:04 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MBWelcome to the second in our Scale Up Insights series of podcasts. In the last episode we looked at the different sources of funding and tax reliefs available for high growth businesses and today we look at the next stage, agreeing Heads of Terms as you prepare to raise capital for growth. In this episode Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by Charlie Robinson, Partner at YFM Equity Partners to take a detailed look at everything you need to know about Heads of Terms and why...
The Funding Landscape for Scale-up Businesses
February 07, 2020 08:45 - 31 minutes - 25 MBWelcome to the first in our Scale-up Insights series of podcasts. In today’s episode we’re looking at the funding landscape for scaling businesses. While venture investment is perhaps the most well-known there are other alternatives such as crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending that could be a better option for your business. In today’s episode Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings are joined by Jonathan Keeling, Partnerships Director at Crowdcube and colleague Vicky Carr, TLT Tax Legal Director...