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.

Venture Capital Funding

Smart money chases great businesses – not vice versa

Technology entrepreneur Vineet Jain gives his advice on the big venture capital fundraising questions - when, how much and why?

News

Giraffe and GAIL's investor backs Red Hot World Buffet

Private equity firm Risk Capital Partners has made a new commitment in the food and drink sector by backing Red Hot World Buffet.

News

Gym set up by former rugby player gets £5 million backing

The Business Growth Fund has added a low-cost gym offering to its growing portfolio through a £5 million transaction.

News

Name and shame threat for underpaying businesses

Companies which do not pay staff at least the national minimum wage will be publicly identified by the government under new proposals.

News

Naked Wines toasts new eight-figure funding round to boost international efforts

Online wine retailer Naked Wines has secured itself $10 million of new funding to go after the US and Australian markets.

News

TagMan takes venture capital takings up to $13.6 million through latest round

A $5 million (£3.2 million) funding round for online marketing business TagMan has received commitments from Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital.

Opinion

All those looking to IPO form an orderly queue

The growth markets have endured a torrid time since the financial crash, but there is now reason to be optimistic.

Technology

The changing face of the legal services market in the UK

Donna Sewell and Helen Goldberg, founders of legal provider Legal Edge, look at the questions entrepreneurs and management teams should ask about buying legal services.

News

The art of growing a family run professional services firm

Growing any business is rarely a walk in the park, but coming in as an outsider to grow a 35-year old, family-run legal services firm is even harder still.

News

Seed round for Lockbox accompanied by new board hires

Cloud-based business Lockbox has closed its latest seed funding round and will now begin expanding its team.

News

Business Growth Fund capital used to fund acquisition activity for Welsh portfolio business

Venture capital-backed SHS Integrated Services has put its investment capital to use by acquiring Dixon Pentland Scaffolding Company.

News

Biofortuna secures more venture capital cash to ramp up US efforts

Molecular diagnostics business Biofortuna has closed another round of venture capital funding so that it can target the US market.

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