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.

Alternative Finance for Business

Seedrs: Raising money and taking on the European market

With more and more businesses choosing to raise capital via the equity crowdfunding route, GrowthBusiness has asked Seedrs and Crowdcube about getting traction and moving beyond the confines of a domestic market, in a two-part special.

News

Mobile games start-up founded by Playfish staff closes funding round

Index Ventures has made a play in the mobile gaming sector by backing London-based Supersolid.

Mergers & Acquisitions

ISIS Equity Partners closes seventh exit of 2013 through CSC World sale

Following a six-year investment period, ISIS Equity Partners has exited its stake in structural engineering software business CSC World.

Growth Planning

How Britain’s SMEs can tackle the Chinese market

Gary Berlyn, managing director of The Business Channel.TV, discusses the opportunities a growing China presents British SMEs.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Pizza Express backer supports Nielson Active Holidays MBO

The management team of Neilson Active Holidays has severed ties from parent company Thomas Cook Group though a buy-out.

News

Crowdcube: Taking the equity crowdfunding model and going global

To coincide with moves by Crowdcube and Seedrs into new worldwide markets, GrowthBusiness met with co-founders of the platforms through a two-part special to find out how equity crowdfunding in the UK has grown, and just what will be involved in selling it to the world.

News

MoPowered picks AIM as platform for growth in mobile commerce space

Mobile e-commerce start-up MoPowered has followed up on the fundraising it has secured in the past 18 months by seeking admission on the stock market.

News

Online furniture venture Occa-Home adds Terry Leahy as investor as part of Series A

Former Tesco CEO Terry Leahy has invested in Occa-Home alongside a syndicate of other investors as part of a £1.5 million deal.

News

Start-up founded by 21 year-old British entrepreneur secures £1 million venture capital investment

Short-term retail space booking system Appear Here has attracted the interest of leading investment firms including HOWZAT Partners, MMC Ventures and Forward Investment Partners.

News

Financial benefits for companies using employee value propositions effectively

Businesses are not sufficiently preparing employee value propositions to outline what staff can expect from their jobs, new research suggests.

Growth Planning

From hatching eggs to Formula 1 thermometers: Businesses making the leap to a global stage

While moving operations onto a more global scale can be fraught with issues, GrowthBusiness meets four businesses which have successfully bridged the gap.

News

Cambridge business closes £1 million deal with help from Angel CoFund and London Business Angels

The Angel CoFund has upped its investment activity by backing bioinformatics company Eagle Genomics alongside London Business Angels.

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