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

Legislation and Regulation

Can you achieve fairness and cut out name bias in recruiting?

Legal experts from Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP explain how to tackle name bias in recruiting, to boost diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Mergers & Acquisitions

2017 Outlook: M&A trends to watch out for

Patrick Groarke, partner at Livingstone, looks back at a year of unprecedented political change for the UK, and how 2016’s emerging trends in M&A and private equity investment are expected to develop in 2017.

Entrepreneurs

Albert is on a mission to be “in the pocket of every self-employed millennial”

Albert is a free financial management app that allows the self-employed to manage their invoicing with a simple tap. Co-founder Ivo Weevers outlines how it all began, and where he hopes to take the business.

Growth Planning

Are you ready for the mission-led business revolution?

With a combined turnover of £165 billion, and employing 1.4 million people across the UK, socially-conscious companies prove that doing good can also make business sense. Legal expert Peter Hubbard outlines what to watch for when building a mission-led business.

Technology

Mind the enterprise app gap

SOTI's Nassar Hussain believes that there is a seismic hole in business app development. Here's why it’s business critical to close it.

Mergers & Acquisitions

M&A 2017: Why private equity is the rocket fuel for start-up growth

In the GrowthBusiness M&A Guide 2017, August Equity's Philip Rattle explains what private equity can do for start-ups looking to grow.

Alternative Finance for Business

The drive for specialisation in debt finance

In the GrowthBusiness M&A Guide 2017, Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks' David Hayers, outlines the benefits of debt finance for growth businesses.

Alternative Finance for Business

Green start-up MacRebur turns to the crowd for funding push

Virgin Voom winner MacRebur launches new Seedrs campaign to take its recycled plastic road fix global.

Venture Capital Funding

New “win-win” bank API platform launches in time for PSD2 and GDPR

Serial entrepreneur Francesco Simoneschi's latest start-up, TrueLayer, simplifies aggregating financial data through its API platform, just in time for regulatory changes for banks and fintech - the PSD2, UK banking standard, and GDPR.

Venture Capital Funding

UK’s top VCs revealed: 11 women to watch in investment

In the realm of investment, the UK is seeing an increasing number of talented, driven and capable individuals, many of whom are women. But how many people actually know who they are and the extent of their success? GrowthBusiness highlights the UK’s top VCs and their claim to fame in a yearly look at women in finance.

Human Resources

Are office romances a productivity killer?

Not all office romances are doomed to die, according to experts, citing how Barack and Michelle Obama famously met while working at the same law firm in the 80s. If office romances are unavoidable, what can managers to do prevent personal relationships from hindering productivity?