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Praseeda was Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2016 to 2018.

Entrepreneurs

C’est La French Tech: Why Paris is the new epicentre for European innovation

President of Business France, Pascal Cagni, speaks to GrowthBusiness on how France plans to win over the world as the next biggest start-up breeding ground.

Opinion

Budget 2017 a “disappointing day” for UK scale-ups, says adviser

Here's why a top scale-up adviser believes that Budget 2017 barely scratched the surface in helping UK scale-ups grow.

News

Budget 2017: The sky’s the limit for UK scale-ups

Budget 2017: We dissect Phillip Hammond's Autumn Statement on plans to support UK scale-ups unlock over £20 billion of new investment as the British Business Bank steps in to replace European Investment Fund lending.

News

Budget 2017: Can Hammond reassure UK investors and entrepreneurs?

The Budget announcement is only hours away. Can Phillip Hammond reassure UK entrepreneurs and investors of a more certain future?

Venture Capital Funding

Will 2018 be the ICO boom year?

2018 will be the ICO boom year, according to experts, with tokens establishing new ways to finance innovation as it spreads from pure tech to med-tech, films, sports and more.

Entrepreneurs

How saying no helped Lee Lomax build Beem

Contrary to pop psychology lauding entrepreneurs to say yes to everything, Lee Lomax believes that saying no at the right time helped him start and grow his start-up, Beem, into a global, venture-backed business it is today.

Entrepreneurs

The rise of the Baltic tigers: Latvian fintech start-up DigiPulse

In this series, we highlight fast-growth start-ups in the Baltic states. Here we profile Latvian fintech start-up, DigiPulse, a new cryptocurrency catalyst.

Entrepreneurs

Can a social conscience attract and retain top talent?

Millennials are motivated by a number of things, but are mostly inspired to work long-term for a company whose mission it is to change the world. eSolidar's Marco Barbosa believes social conscience can attract and retain top talent. Here's why.

Human Resources

How to keep staff engaged and loyal to your business

JourneyHR's Aliya Vigor-Robertson highlights how to keep your employees engaged and loyal to your business.

Human Resources

4 ways to avoid workplace discrimination

Workplace discrimination can harm employees in any organisation, regardless of its size. Here are four ways to avoid potentially discriminatory behaviours.

Opinion

Are you being NUDGED by fake news?

Nest Investments' Mufid Sukkar examines the fake news phenomenon and advises entrepreneurs and business leaders on how to AVOID falling into its trappings for the good of their business.

Human Resources

Unconscious bias: A third of UK’s hiring managers lack training

Unconscious biases are one of the biggest diversity barriers in the corporate world, yet new research reveals that 39 per cent of UK hiring managers have not received training in unconscious bias best-practice as part of the recruitment process in their current company.