About

Nick was the Managing Editor for growthbusiness.co.uk when it was owned by Vitesse Media, before moving on to become Head of Investment Group and Editor at What Investment and thence to Head of Intermediary Communications at The Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

Opinion

Misadventure capital

A new fund backed by six major banks is to be launched to support growing businesses. The trouble is, confusion reigns over the details.

News

Flight planning service takes off

RocketRoute.com has raised £220,000 of equity investment to take its web-based flight planning service to market.

Growth Planning

Post-merger integration

Ensuring a business merger works well is something that shouldn't be left down to luck.

Company Flotations

AIM shows signs of strength

AIM saw a considerable upturn in the number of IPOs in the first half of the year.

News

TouchType secures seed investment

Predictive text specialist TouchType has received seed funding of £275,000 from venture capitalist Octopus Investments.

Venture Capital Funding

Foresight launches solar VCT

Venture capital trust (VCT) manager Foresight Group hopes to raise £40 million for a fund dedicated to investments in the solar energy sector.

News

GSK spin-off raises $35.4 million

Convergence Pharmaceuticals, a company launched with assets from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has raised $35.4 million (£22.4 million) from three investors.

News

Darwin buys Fenn Wright Manson

News

Rotary gets CA Sothers

Rotary UK has acquired the family owned maintenance business CA Sothers.

News

Mears Group buys Jackson Lloyd

Mears Group has acquired the housing repairs and maintenance business Jackson Lloyd for £6.1 million.

News

Dawn Capital backs Optimalprint

News

Torr Scientific in KTP

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