Alex Francis, CEO of loveholidays, chats to us about what has surprised him as an entrepreneur about working with private equity, and how it has enabled his business to flourish.
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loveholidays, the short-haul beach holiday provider headquartered in London, is the fastest growing OTA in the UK.
Transcript:
Alex: When I was looking for private equity houses, I needed a private equity house that was going to be providing the money firstly, but was also able to help, but not interfere. There’s a fine line there. Livingbridge has proven to be much more of a helping variety than an interfering variety. For me, as a founder and entrepreneur, the last thing I’d want or need is a third party trying to interrupt what we do as a business. They’ve proven to be quite the opposite to that, and that, for me, has been incredibly useful, and makes me very happy frankly.
