It’s not every day that a north east newcomer and a Cambridge serial entrepreneur combine forces (and personal finances) in a management buy-out to raise the north east’s business growth game, but that’s exactly what Jonathon Gold and Peter Hiscocks have done to help companies prepare for investment.

The newly formed Finance Tree, based on a management buyout, is a specialist investment readiness company that plays to the strengths of its co-founders - neither Jonathan nor Peter are strangers to this game!