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It’s not luck that makes leaders - Ernst & Young - United Kingdom

It’s not luck that makes leaders

What does it take to fast-track your business from inspiration, to growing enterprise, to major market force?

At Ernst & Young, we know what it takes to drive sustainable growth because we’ve guided thousands of dynamic, ambitious businesses on the journey from start-up to market leadership.

Our Strategic Growth Markets (SGM) network is dedicated to serving the unique challenges and changing needs of fast-growth companies around the world. We make a difference to your business by accessing and adapting our global organization’s experience, industry capabilities and resources to work for you.

Our SGM professionals thrive on guiding companies through successful initial public offerings (IPOs). In fact, on average, we take a company public every business day of the year.

And, with our SGM network stretching across more than 100 countries, you’ll never outgrow us. Whether your business expands across the country or across the world, we’ll be with you every step of the way.


Find out more about Strategic Growth Markets

Innovating for the next three billion

How well do you understand the growing middle class in emerging markets? We explore the capabilities that companies can build to align their businesses with the needs of this demographic.

Global IPO activity down 57%

Global IPO market was quieter in Q3 due to market volatility. Despite this, many companies are looking to go public when conditions improve. In Q3, Asia continued to dominate global IPO activity. Read more about Q3 IPO activity. 

Global IPO activity continues to rebound in 2011

As global investors seek to capitalize on the emerging markets growth story, they are fueling stock market rallies and new listings world-wide. Will these trends continue? Our eighth annual report analyzes key IPO trends from 2010 and what to expect in the global IPO market in 2011.

Essential guides for fast-growth companies

What does it take to be a fast-growth company in today’s economy? Our series of essential guides for fast growth companies provides you with information to help transform your growth company into an exceptional enterprise. These guides explore hot topics such as Risk management, Life after an IPO, and Managing capital.

Global venture capital insights and trends

The last decade was anything but normal for the global venture industry. Today, as the economy shows signs of improvement, we see some clear trends in the venture industry as it emerges from the preceding turbulent decade and positions itself for success in the coming one.

Competing for growth: Winning in the new economy

Eighty-five percent of companies across all sectors and markets are expecting the new economy to be even more competitive than the old over the next two years. Learn how businesses are adjusting their framework to cope with this new market in our survey of more than 1,400 professionals.

Ignition sessions explore future of the electric vehicle

By 2020, EV-based transportation will have reached the tipping point. But what needs to happen in the next decade to reach that point? The 2010 Ignition Summary Report and Ignition video explore the latest advances and the critical factors impacting success of the electric vehicle industry. 

How to do an IPO: going public and winning

Think you’re ready for an IPO? In Ernst & Young's guide to going public, we have found the critical factors that go into a successful initial public offering. Approaching the process as a transformation, acting like a public company well before the IPO, and outperforming the competition are all part of going public and winning.

Exceptional insight on growth and innovation

Exceptional UK&I - January June 2012 The January – June issue of our award-winning Exceptional magazine for fast-growth companies focuses on how the new credit crunch, struggling sovereign creditor and debtor nations, and a stalled economy are enabling entrepreneurial businesses to break into growth areas.

Strategic Growth Forum Africa 2012
Strategic Growth Forum Africa 2012

CEOs, leading entrepreneurs, investors, industry experts and government officials will come together 1-2 March in Cape Town to discuss unlocking value in Africa.

Nature or nurture: Decoding the DNA of the entrepreneur Entrepreneurs turn excellent ideas into successful businesses. But where does this capacity come from? We look into the mind of the entrepreneur.

Executive programmes

We run a number of UK programmes for executives, designed, through events and thought leadership, to provide a springboard for information and exchange of ideas:

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