Mike Parsons has grown elderly care homes business Barchester Healthcare from a start-up company with one premises to a business turning over £400m a year. In an exclusive interview, he talks to Dan Martin about being turned down for finance by 12 bank managers when first seeking finance and reveals how he managed to buy out his company's biggest competitor.
Video: Barchester Healthcare founder on creating a £400m business
Posted by Dan Martin in Business profiles on Fri, 03/09/2010 - 08:01
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