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

University spin-out Retroscreen Virology joins junior stock market

Retroscreen Virology Group has joined AIM through an initial public offering (IPO) worth £15 million.

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Wonga investor backs archify with seed funding

Balderton Capital, the London-based venture capital firm behind seed investments in loan provider Wonga and entertainment retailer LOVEFiLM, has provided early stage capital to archify.

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Lyceum Capital makes over 4x realisation on M&C sale

Private equity firm Lyceum Capital has sold its stake in M&C Energy Group, three years after it initially bought the energy consultancy firm for £22 million.

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FreeAgent targets US market with funding-aided deal

Venture capital-backed FreeAgent has broken into the US market with its first American acquisition and has landed a new investment round.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Book Review: This is Social Commerce by Guy Clapperton

Jonathan Reed, managing director at Sunny Thinking, has a look through This is Social Commerce by Guy Clapperton to find out if the latest offering on social media sheds any new light.

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Managers and employees not on same page says CIPD

A reality gap currently exists in the capability of UK plc's eight million managers, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Technology

Li-Fi: technology of the future

Data could soon be transmitted using the power of light following recent development work by a University of Edinburgh spin-out business.

News

Three cleantech firms backed by Ludgate

Growth capital investor Ludgate Environmental Fund has backed Tamar, Micropelt and Ignis Biomass in its latest round of cleantech deals.

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Langholm supports Purity Soft Drinks MBI

Purity Soft Drinks has secured the help of Langholm Capital to boost its growth plans and taken on a new CEO.

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The human element

Robin Murray Brown, partner at executive search firm Tyzack Partners, argues that acquisitions often focus on financial elements and fail to properly recognise the human aspect of a deal.

News

Business Growth Fund closes eighth deal

The Business Growth Fund has made its second Scottish-based investment through the backing of lasers and photonic optical instruments business M Squared Lasers.

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Third round of £40 million for Just-Eat

Online takeaway business Just-Eat has taken its total venture capital fundraising to £80 million as it looks to boost its global expansion.

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