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Diary of a Sharemark float: dealing with mistakes

The three challenges for Everyman Legal in 2012 are to scale-up, convert to an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) to allow non-solicitor investors, and to float on Sharemark. As the year starts to unfold, it becomes increasingly apparent that all three challenges are intimately connected …

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Diary of a Sharemark float: box ticking and regulation

This is going to be a tough year for me and Everyman Legal. I contemplate the year with a mixture of excitement and some trepidation. We need to achieve three things this year: first, prove that we have a scalable business model; second, convert to an Alternative Business Structure …

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Diary of a Sharemark float: the to-do list

There has been much happening over the past two weeks. Day-to-day activities crowding in as a colleague has been on holiday and I have been providing cover for him. Over the weekend, though, I made the time to write myself a comprehensive to-do list. It comprises a list of documents and outline timetable for our admission to Sharemark …

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Diary of a Sharemark float: new appointments, new workload

James Hunt, the founder of Everyman Legal, shares the ups and downs of preparing the company for admission to Sharemark, (a stock market for smaller companies). The recent media buzz around our upcoming Sharemark listing has led to approaches from two suppliers.  First, a design company that specialises in the design of reports and accounts for [...]

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Diary of a Sharemark float: the 5 year plan

James Hunt, the founder of Everyman Legal, shares the ups and downs of preparing the company for admission to Sharemark, (a stock market for smaller companies). I meet with Steve Fernback, Everyman’s financial consultant, this week to start the detailed work on our business plan including a financial projection for the next five years. We are [...]

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Diary of a Sharemark float: making the announcement

James Hunt, the founder of Everyman Legal, shares the ups and downs of preparing the company for admission to Sharemark, (a stock market for smaller companies). So that’s it: we’ve made our intentions public to float on Sharemark.  I can’t help feeling a little uneasy. I’ve now put myself and our firm firmly under the microscope [...]

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