Piper Private Equity has provided £8m of funding to support the MBO of Weird Fish from its founder. The investment gives Piper a majority stake in the business and will enable Weird Fish to develop its clothing offer and expand its wholesale and direct sales. Weird Fish was founded some 15 years ago and has

Piper hosted its sixth networking lunch to discuss The Challenge of International Expansion with a group of Chairmen and CEOs many of whom had experienced both the benefits and the pitfalls of going global. The group included Ian Cheshire (Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher plc), Chris Woodhouse (Finance Director, Debenhams and Chairman, Gondola) Stefan Cassar (Non