Scale-up Insights: Recent Episodes
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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.
In 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 are seeing in the market and how the Fund is being applied.
- How investors are viewing the Fund?
- How TLT can help.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you are interested in discussing the Future Fund in further detail or have questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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Welcome 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 a detailed look at the Government backed Future Fund.
In this conversation you’ll learn:
- What the Future Fund is and the key qualifying criteria.
- The implications for your business in accessing the scheme and whether it may be right for your business.
- What further clarification is needed from the government - particularly around the interplay of the Future Fund with EIS, SEIS & VCT Funding.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you are interested in discussing the Future Fund in further detail or have questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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Welcome 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, to talk about the options open to scale-up businesses.
In this conversation you’ll learn:
- How you can compete with your bigger competitors by using ‘non-cash’ incentives to reward your team.
- What you need to know if you’re thinking of doing this and how to structure an effective employee incentive plan.
- The importance of clear communication when it comes to explaining your incentive plan to your team.
The panel also answer some of the most commonly asked questions and give real-world examples to help you as you take the next steps in developing incentives to motivate your growing team.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you have any questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com
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Welcome 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 perspective as you grow your business.
In this conversation you will learn:
- What you should be thinking about when it comes to establishing your recruitment process
- The importance of a properly defined job description and a clear contract of employment
- How to ensure your process is both good for your business and compliant with the relevant equality and discrimination regulations.
Siobhan will also answer some of the most commonly asked questions and give real-world examples to help you as you take the next steps on growing and managing your team.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course and achieve them.
If you have any questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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Welcome 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 legal perspective.
In this conversation you’ll learn:
- What the key principles of the GDPR are and which aspects of the regulations you really need to be paying attention to.
- The legal obligations for scale-up businesses like yours and the implications of breaching these regulations.
- The practical steps that you can take to achieve data protection compliance and keep your business safe.
The panel also answer some of the most commonly asked questions and give real-world examples to help you achieve good data practices and data compliance as you grow your business.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you are interested in data protection compliance or have questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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Welcome 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 is that you absolutely need to know and have in place to protect your IP and future proof your business.
In this conversation you’ll learn:
- The value of building and protecting IP in your business.
- What you need to do as a scale-up business to meet investor expectations.
- The practical steps that you can take to address any IP protection issues that you may have in your business.
The panel also answer some of the most commonly asked questions and give real-world examples to help you as you identify, build and protect your IP.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you have any questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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Welcome 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 so important when seeking funding from a third party investor.
“The simplest way of talking about Heads of Terms is to is to say that they're effectively an agreement to agree”
In this conversation you’ll learn:
- What Heads of Terms are and why they are important.
- How they form the basis of the ongoing partnership with your investors and what you should think about including.
- The key areas to include in Heads of Terms.
- What investors will be looking for in the Heads of Terms and when you need to think about getting proper legal advice as part of the negotiation.
As well as going into detail on the topics above, the panel answer some of the most commonly asked questions on Heads of Terms and share some cautionary tales to help you avoid the pitfalls that may catch you if you’re not properly prepared.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you are interested in private equity investment, you can find out more at YFM Equity Partners, and you can reach Charlie via LinkedIn.
And if you have any questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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Welcome 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 to take a detailed look at everything you need to know about Crowdfunding and the tax reliefs available as a scale-up business.
In this conversation you’ll learn:
- What types of funding are available for scale-up businesses like yours, and what you should think about when choosing a funding option.
- What crowdfunding is, what types of businesses are ideally suited to it, and how to prepare for a successful crowdfunding raise.
- What tax reliefs are available for your investors and how to comply with the requirements of both the SEIS and EIS schemes.
The panel also answer some of the most commonly asked questions and share their experiences to help you as you take the next steps on your funding journey.
Whatever your business goals, this series will give you the insights you need to stay on course to achieve them.
If you are interested in crowdfunding, you can find out more at Crowdcube and you can reach Jonathan Keeling via LinkedIn.
And if you have any questions about anything we discuss in the show, please get in touch at scaleupinsights@tltsolicitors.com or visit us at tltsolicitors.com.
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