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<br /> CORPORATE<br /> FINANCE<br /> FACULTY<br /> ICAEW.COM/CFFISSUE 208<br /> DECEMBER 2018<br /> /JANUARY 2019<br /> GROWTH<br /> OPPORTUNITIES<br /> EXPERTISE<br /> Corporate<br /> Financier<br /> CLICK<br /> OR<br /> COLLECT<br /> While the high street has<br /> major problems, online<br /> SELECT<br /> continues to grow. How<br /> is M&A helping shape<br /> the future of UK retail?<br /> CALLING UK SMEs<br /> READY<br /> STEADY BUSINESS LOANS<br /> GROW! £100K-£5M<br /> AVAILABLE NOW<br /> BREAKING NEWS<br /> for UK businesses<br /> looking to fund<br /> their growth plans;<br /> there is now a<br /> genuine alternative<br /> to the banks.<br /> Your next source of business funding is waiting<br /> for you. 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Wha</a> <a title="Corporate Financier December 2018 / January 2019 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/73eed86c?page=32"> APPOINTMENTS </a> <a title="Corporate Financier December 2018 / January 2019 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/73eed86c?page=33"> COMPANY NEWS Michael </a> <a title="Corporate Financier December 2018 / January 2019 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/73eed86c?page=34"> ON MY CV Guillaume Basquin (left) with 3i's </a> <a title="Corporate Financier December 2018 / January 2019 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/73eed86c?page=35"> ICAEW DIPLOMA IN CORPORATE FINANCE </a> <a title="Corporate Financier December 2018 / January 2019 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/73eed86c?page=36"> The `saving my staff hours of manual processing' </a>