About

Hunter was the Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2012 to 2014, before moving on to Caspian Media Ltd to be Editor of Real Business.

News

Private sector pay awards outstrip public

Pay reviews in the public and private sectors has resulted in a discrepancy between the amount of pay freezes brought in, new figures show.

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AIM landing for Cluff 

Cluff Natural Resources has joined AIM and raised £3.75 million as it looks to acquire natural resource assets in the UK North Sea and Africa.

Leadership

The growing importance of non-execs

Steven Fine, managing partner at advisory firm Peel Hunt, looks at how the role of non-executive directors has changed and the value they can now bring to business.

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Growing pains: Klaus Nyengaard

Just-Eat recently announced a third venture capital round, taking total funds raised to £80 million. CEO Klaus Nyengaard reveals lessons he's learned at the online takeaway business, and in previous ventures.

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PE and VC funds post solid returns

Private equity and venture capital funds are outperforming pension fund assets and the FTSE All-Share, according to industry body the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

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Due diligence still off the agenda for some

Companies in the UK are falling short of conducting sufficient pre-deal due diligence, new findings show.

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Dunedin sells WFEL to German trade buyer

Private equity firm Dunedin has realised its investment in WFEL, netting a 2.4x return on its interest.

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Series D round worth £10 million for notonthehighstreet.com

Online marketplace notonthehighstreet.com has closed its Series D fundraising round and netted £10 million.

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Datahop snapped up by Six Degrees

Six Degrees Group has continued with its busy M&A period by acquiring Datahop, a datacentre interconnection business, GrowthBusiness can exclusively reveal.

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ICAP buys PLUS-SX for £1

Loss-making junior stock exchange PLUS-SX is to be sold to inter-dealer broker ICAP for a nominal sum.

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Two new VCs for Blis Media

Blis Media has attracted the interest of two new institutional backers and netted a further $1.4 million (£887,000) in capital.

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Ocean Outdoor exits from Smedvig after four years

LDC has led a secondary buy-out of Ocean Outdoor on the back of the business increasing its revenue by three-fold during Smedvig Capital's four year involvement.

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