{"id":1082,"date":"2013-09-24T13:46:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T13:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clearbooksplc.com\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2014-01-13T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T15:51:45","slug":"uk-versus-global-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/blog\/uk-versus-global-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"UK versus global growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had a few questions about our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/cloudfunding\/\">Cloud Funding<\/a> share offer that I will address each day through a series of blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s question is whether or not Clear Books plc is going for global growth.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is that Clear Books is very much focused on the UK market in the short to medium term.<\/p>\n<p>The global opportunity is one we will continue to revisit particularly as we have customers in 70 different countries around the world. 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