At the Forefront of Global Trade Part 2. The Current globalised trade picture.

At the Forefront of Global Trade

For the second year running, the Altimapa team has put together a few lines on their reading choices for the summer vacations. This year we combine an interest in history, mythology, tap dancing and, as may be expected, business. There is a strong preference for non-fiction, even more so than last year - maybe that reflects how the world is turning out to be stranger than fiction!

There is little doubt that growth via acquisition is a sound strategy for an ambitious small or medium business to adopt. The speed of growth is almost always considerably faster than organic growth relying on marketing and sales strategies that are also often limited by capacity issues.

Conversely some of the best businesses are just ...