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Dom is a feature writer for Growth Business and Small Business, focused on matters concerning start-ups and scale-ups. He has also been published in the Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and various lifestyle publications.

News

UK’s fastest growing companies revealed  

The seventh annual FT1000 rankings is based on revenue growth in the three years to 2021

News

New fintech body eyes pension-backed growth fund 

Economic minister says Government-backed national fintech hub will help UK become a ‘technology and science superpower’

Growth Planning

Can a sole trader employ staff? 

What is a sole trader? Does it mean you have to work alone?

News

British Business Bank wants to back more scale-ups 

The bank’s new chief executive says he would like to see the bank plug a funding gap for scale-ups looking for £50m and more

Entrepreneurs

What’s the best country in the world to be an entrepreneur? 

The answer may surprise you. When it came to the Top 50 countries ranked for entrepreneurship, the UK was only middling

Growth Planning

What is a scale-up visa? 

A scale-up visa allows skilled overseas talent to be employed by eligible scale-ups in the UK

Technology

Nuclear fusion: the start-ups chasing energy’s holy grail

Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun; the hope is that it could also power our homes

Venture Capital Funding

Conviction VC to invest in six B2B SaaS start-ups in 2023  

London-based VC eyes investing up to £2m in B2B SaaS start-ups at seed stage

News

Space tech start-ups see number of deals rocket by 50% 

The private space industry attracted $8.9bn in 2022, the second highest annual investment on record

News

More VC funding going to female founders  

Twenty-seven per cent of equity deals in the UK last year went to female founded or co-founded businesses

Venture Capital Funding

Oxford Capital to back 12 start-ups in 2023  

Oxford-based VC will back seed-stage companies with £500,000 to £1m in digital and deep tech space

Growth Planning

5 steps to prepare your company for scaling

Rajiv Nathwani, founder and director of Quivira Capital, gives 5 tips on successfully scaling your business