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

Venture Capital Funding

London tech companies attract over £1 billion since Brexit vote

Brexit, shmexit: over the past five years, London fintech companies have received more investment than any other sub-sector. Is it too early to expect clear skies ahead?

Entrepreneurs

How to minimise your chances of business failure: A foundational guide

There are a huge number of reasons why so many businesses fail in the first year. This guide from Company Formation MadeSimple's Joseph Hurst will help you build the foundations for the greatest chance of business success.

Entrepreneurs

Bespoke barbers in the big city: Get Smooth

Maya Kumar's new start-up Get Smooth brings bespoke barbers to the big city. Here's her start-up journey.

Growth Planning

5 ways for British businesses to prepare for the French election

Jake Trask, FX Research Director at OFX, explains how British SMEs can prepare for a fresh round of uncertainty from the elections across the Channel.

Entrepreneurs

Wellbeing and productivity: Can employees design their jobs better than the boss?

New research shows why organisations often fail to improve staff wellbeing, and what can be done to build a comprehensive strategy.

Entrepreneurs

“It’s not what we do, it’s how we do it”: SmartPA

SmartPA co-founder and MD Sarra Bejaoui speaks to GrowthBusiness on her vision to grow her network of skilled and empowered women to return to work after career breaks.

PR and Marketing Strategy

6 tips to succeed in SMS marketing

SMS marketing is becoming more and more popular as a way of communicating with customers. Veoo CEO, Matthew Winters writes.

Growth Planning

Are you a ‘grow getter’? Why its time to track metrics for business success

While the bottom line may be the key metric to measure success, there's a lot more that you need to track and be aware of when growing your business. Epicor Software's Sabby Gill writes.

Growth Planning

Mauritius primed to be a financial hub within a decade: deVere Group CEO

Mauritius is destined to become the southern hemisphere’s leading international financial centre within the next decade, affirms the CEO of global independent financial services firm deVere Group.

Alternative Finance for Business

Just Eat eyes the whole food chain with new food tech accelerator programme

Just Eat's new food tech seed programme will funnel capital into five promising start-ups across the food production, consumption and waste spectrum.

Banking

Why open banking is the next frontier for financial innovation

With PSD2 and open banking on the horizon, innovation should be a key focus for banks and fintechs now more than ever.

News

Are women in Britain excluded from the world of finance?

Research reveals that women have less access to retail investment opportunities than their male counterparts. Statistics also reveal that the gender divide remains strong among institutional investors. At a time where the business case for diversity is stronger than ever, why are women still excluded from the world of finance?

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