What is the change in value of your favourite (?) sandwich?
September 10, 2025
Did you see the rather entertaining article in the FT on Saturday https://on.ft.com/3VEIfIH about why a journalist can’t quit Pret, but also the more important article, arguably, on Monday on the write-down in its valuation https://on.ft.com/3JRFoK5?
Minority shareholder matters
September 2, 2025
Over the summer we have been very busy with valuations, but it has become clear that more and more people are holding minority stakes in companies with little or no understanding of how you work out what the holding is worth.
The world’s most valuable private company…
August 26, 2025
Yes, you’ve guessed it, its OpenAI
An interesting case study
July 29, 2025
This valuation exercise was particularly challenging but therefore even more interesting.
What do you think about this?
July 24, 2025
Some professional advisers are offering AI discounts for their services
The intangible value of Hannah Fry
July 15, 2025
Quantifying the value of a clever person probably involves using substitution or surrogates.
Follow the valuation – it will always chime with the truth!
June 24, 2025
The case study of Chime in the US demonstrates how there is truth in valuations of private companies before they float.
Picks and shovels and data centres
June 10, 2025
AI boom adds €150bn to value of four of Europe’s oldest industrial groups
New terminology to chew on..
May 27, 2025
What on earth is TVPI, DPI and MIRR? And do we need guardrails as well as frameworks in the valuations industry?
Defence up; film down
May 7, 2025
How macro-economic events can have a very different effect on various sectors
