Look to the Middle Market for the Action ; Financial Mail Share Prices

Mail on Sunday › July 20, 2004

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AS the biggest potential takeover deal of the year ended with a whimper last week, pessimists might be forgiven for thinking the near future looks boring.

But if you lower your sights from Marks Spencer and the FTSE 100 and look to the middle market, the outlook is buoyant at least according to a survey of brokers and venture capitalists.

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Look to the Middle Market for the Action ; Financial Mail Share Prices

The survey released today by accountant Grant Thornton shows that 98 per cent of venture capitalists and stockbrokers expect the number and value of deals in the mid-market to rise in the...

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