'This business is scaleable': Behind the scenes at Woodford IM

As Woodford Investment Management gears up for the launch of its Patient Capital investment trust, Investment Week visited the company's Oxford offices to quiz senior personnel about their plans for the future.

With Neil Woodford sticking to the investment strategy which made his name over the past 25 years, and his Woodford Equity Income fund now £5bn in size, it can be easy to forget that Woodford Investment Management (WIM) is still a fledgling business itself. Chief executive Craig Newman's office, in a corner of the company's Oxford Business Park premises, provides a sharp reminder. Innumerable post-it notes plastered over the walls suggest WIM has adopted the start-up business philosophy often found at the early-stage companies in which Woodford (pictured) invests. Newman describes WIM...