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

Entrepreneurs

How UK academics can bridge the digital skills gap

UK's academic community is tight-knit and highly skilled. It's also an untapped source of tech talent, says Pivigo's Kim Nilsson.

Venture Capital Funding

“I don’t feel like a woman in VC, I feel like a VC” says Beringea’s Karen McCormick

Three lessons in scaling the top of the corporate ladder as a VC from Beringea's Karen McCormick.

Financial Management

How can the MP expenses story finally die out?

Concur's Dafydd Llewellyn explains why the way MPs manage their expenses should be scrutinised, and how the entire system reformed and brought in line with the private sector.

News

Tech start-ups in the regions beat out London for investment for the first time

For the first time in 2016, companies based in the regions received more VC and private equity investment than companies based in London and the South East, but Brexit fears still linger.

Human Resources

1 in 4 senior managers don’t see the gender pay gap as a business issue

The UK gender pay gap currently sits at 13.9 per cent for full-time employees, but according to new research, 29 per cent of business leaders don't see this as a real business issue, blaming the differences in pay on women taking career breaks and choosing to work part-time.

Venture Capital Funding

Partech Shaker’s Marie Raichvarg on why Paris is the city of start-ups

Marie Raichvarg, managing director Partech Shaker, on start-ups in Paris, and building an international foothold working with American accelerator, Techstars.

Alternative Finance for Business

Yasser Khattak, the teen entrepreneur behind Den turns to crowdfunding to go global

From hiring his hero to modelling himself after business greats like Jobs, Dyson and Sugar, teen entrepreneur Yasser Khattak is all grown up. He now plans to take his start-up, Den, worldwide.

Alternative Finance for Business

MarketInvoice plans to double lending to £2bn

P2P invoice lender MarketInvoice aims for aggressive growth in 2017.

Growth Planning

Cross-border trading: Looking beyond Brexit

Brexit does not necessarily spell doom and gloom for cross-border trading. P2P Mailing's Paul Galpin writes.

Entrepreneurs

Are social entrepreneurs the world’s best hope?

Here's why social entrepreneurs are the new change-makers in a post-Brexit world.

Entrepreneurs

Campus Society founder on his vision for a borderless student community

Campus Society founder Rashid Ajami speaks to GrowthBusiness on how he started up and what lies ahead of the UK-based global student app.

Alternative Finance for Business

Failed Kickstarter start-up rebounds with the help from an ice hockey star

FitWood, a Finnish company making Scandinavian-style fitness equipment for home use, learned from its failed Kickstarter and made its equity crowdfunding campaign a success with help from a professional hockey player.

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