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Growing Business is the UK's leading magazine for entrepreneurs

Growing Business magazine provides UK company owners and directors with quality, practical advice coupled with inspirational profiles of highly successful entrepreneurs. Not only does Growing Business magazine capture the essence of how to become a successful businessperson, but also provides the motivation and aspiration to do so.

Growing Business magazine is favourably positioned as the leading title in its field, having both the largest ABC audited circulation and the tightest terms of control. It is owned and inspired by a serial entrepreneur who founded a title upon which his peers could trust and depend.

Every month Growing Business profiles a successful entrepreneur. Recently these have included:

• Seb Bishop
• Julie Meyer
• Peter Jones
• Sir Philip Green

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Reader statistics

• Rated as 6/10 for value to readers' work, comparing favourably with the typical score of 5/10 for professional magazines
• Each reader passes the magazine on to 1.5 other readers, giving a readership of 95,075 per issue
• 60% of readers have made a business decision as a result of information they have read in the magazine
• 100% managing directors, directors, partners, financial controllers, owners or proprietors
• Member of AIM listed company or of a company possessing an annual percentage increase in turnover or increase in number of employees

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A typical reader of Growing Business *

* Reader research 2006-2007

Age:

50

Job title:

Managing Director

Equity:

Owns more than 50% of business

Age of company:

Over 10 years

Number of employees:

49

Raising finance:

Funds growth using company profit

Household income:

£100,000 plus

Car fleet:

Has a company car fleet of 6 cars including prestige makes such as BMW, Audi or Mercedes Benz

Travel:

Business makes 6 flights to Europe per month across both premium and low cost airlines

Favourite business website:

Growingbusiness.co.uk

Time online:

Spends 1-2 hours per week online

Challenges:

Considers recruiting skilled staff as the biggest challenge to effective business growth

Environment:

Believes 'going green' is vital to their company over the next five years

 

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• Canon
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• 02
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• DHL
• American Express

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