UK: Heller on Management - Small fish thrive in the big pond.

The revolution in information technology means that a stay-at-home mentality is now the only barrier to global growth for smaller firms, says Robert Heller.

The IT company, MAID, is multiplying tenfold by buying into America for £288 million. That makes National Parking Corporation (NCP), looking merely to double through Continental buys, seem positively cautious. But no one is batting an eyelid over either proposition - for middling companies are now going international, even global, as never before.