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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.

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Israeli tailor used by Marks & Spencer debuts on London's AIM stock exchange

Bagir Group has joined the Alternative Investment Market and raised £20 million to fund future growth.

PR and Marketing Strategy

The name game: Stories behind the naming of some of the most prominent growing UK companies

Ever wondered what the story was behind the names of some of the businesses you use or admire? GrowthBusiness meets five to go back to be beginning and find out the inspiration.

Mergers & Acquisitions

LDC snaps up mobility equipment firm from Canadian-listed Prism Medical

Lloyds Banking Group equity investment arm LDC has closed its latest deal and added mobility equipment company Prism Medical UK to its portfolio.

News

Organisational app Snupps launches on the back of $5 million seed round

A service aimed at helping users organise and socialise their possessions has raised $5 million growth capital and launched an app for the Apple iOS platform.

News

Pregnancy test technology secures £2.3 million through Angel CoFund led deal

Concepta will now being to develop and market a diagnostic device for the testing of fertility, pregnancy and early-stage healthy pregnancy monitoring following a new funding round.

News

The Inbetweeners and Cream festival operator backer launches new media and entertainment investment fund

A new fund created by part of the team behind Ingenious Ventures has been launched with a fundraising benchmark of £150 million.

Entrepreneurs

Innocent Drink’s Richard Reed on life after a $500 million company

At the beginning of 2013 Richard Reed and the rest of his founding team at Innocent Drinks sold out the last of their stake to Coca Cola. GrowthBusiness finds out what happens after exiting a business valued at $500 million.

News

Dental booking platform Zesty banks funding and looks to new healthcare markets

Investment firms TA Ventures and ABRT Venture Fund are coming together to lead a $2 million investment into healthcare booking platform Zesty.

Opinion

Securing funding for cleantech ventures

Cleantech businesses and projects are notoriously difficult to get off the ground, with cyclical changes in the cost-effectiveness and market potential for technologies having a big impact.

News

Fifth round recipients of Regional Growth Fund unveiled by Nick Clegg

Government investment pot the Regional Growth Fund has selected which businesses will receive the latest funding injections from its £3.2 billion stock.

Alternative Finance for Business

The biggest players in the UK alternative finance market

To coincide with new FCA regulations set to influence the direction of the alternative funding market in the coming years, GrowthBusiness profiles seven of the most active crowdfunding, peer-to-peer and invoice-based platforms on the market.

News

DFJ Esprit makes return investment in Cambridge-based radar company

3D surveillance radar company Aveillant has returned to its existing pool of investors to raise an additional £6 million of growth capital.

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