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.

Legislation and Regulation

Mid-market lacks knowledge of UK Bribery Act says Ernst & Young

Over a year since the implementation of the Bribery Act, the majority of mid-market British businesses are still unaware of how the legislation works.

News

Top investment and business stories of 2012

Following a busy 2012 when entrepreneurs continued to defy the economic headwinds that threaten to derail growth, GrowthBusiness has listed the news which hit the heights of top story each month.

Technology

Patent strategies to protect your intellectual assets

Mark Cohen, managing consultant at Sagentia, examines how SMEs should be going about intellectual property defence and how to make a claim.

News

Past Bank of Scotland chief executive Peter Burt to chair business bank advisory body

Former chief executive for the Bank of Scotland Peter Burt will chair a group tasked with advising the government on the framework of the new business bank.

Opinion

Top business and entrepreneurs news highlights of 2012

GrowthBusiness plots a course through 2012 and picks out the biggest developments in the mid-market business space.

Technology

SMEs are turning to the cloud for their data storage needs

More and more businesses, as well as personal users, are turning to the cloud for their data storage needs.

News

Collective redundancy period cut from 90 to 45 days following six-month consultation

A number of alterations to employment legislation are set to be implemented after a government-led consultation launched in June returned its results.

Human Resources

Performance management is all year round, not just for Christmas!

Lucinda Carney, occupational psychologist and founder of Actus, looks at how employee performance should be managed and mapped.

News

Rangers FC joins AIM as ‘Buy Rangers’ scheme contributes £250,000

Scottish football club Rangers has joined the Alternative Investment Market having initially declared its desire to back in early October.

News

UK is the most bankable private equity market in 2012

The value of the UK's private equity buyouts has risen 23 per cent so far this year to £15.7 billion from £12.7 billion in 2011.

News

Spanish restaurant chain served up BGF funding

Tapas chain Camino has secured £3 million of investment through the Business Growth Fund.

News

Online recruitment firm Hiring-Hub targets ‘world domination’ on the back of maiden funding round

Hiring-Hub is set to target 'aggressive' growth following the closing of a £500,000 investment round.

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