About

Dom is a feature writer for Growth Business and Small Business, focused on matters concerning start-ups and scale-ups. He has also been published in the Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and various lifestyle publications.

Technology

Force-feeding start-ups to become unicorns hasn’t gone well, says start-up tsar 

Former music industry boss Jeremy Silver now helps start-ups collaborate with industry to encourage the early adoption of advanced digital tech

News

Midlands universities launch £250m spinout investment company  

The newly formed Midlands Innovation group will focus on clean technology and AI spinouts

News

Medium sized firms weathering inflation rises  

Revenue for medium sized businesses increased by 12 per cent in 2022 with financial services companies in London increasing revenue by 47 per cent

News

Government to invest £250m into AI

Rishi Sunak believes AI is having as big an effect as the Industrial Revolution

Human Resources

5 reasons incentive schemes fail

Richard Ellis of AVC Wise shares his thoughts on how to make your employee benefits scheme work for your business.

News

UK’s fastest growing companies revealed  

The seventh annual FT1000 rankings is based on revenue growth in the three years to 2021

News

New fintech body eyes pension-backed growth fund 

Economic minister says Government-backed national fintech hub will help UK become a ‘technology and science superpower’

News

British Business Bank wants to back more scale-ups 

The bank’s new chief executive says he would like to see the bank plug a funding gap for scale-ups looking for £50m and more

Entrepreneurs

What’s the best country in the world to be an entrepreneur? 

The answer may surprise you. When it came to the Top 50 countries ranked for entrepreneurship, the UK was only middling.

Growth Planning

What is a scale-up visa? 

A scale-up visa allows skilled overseas talent to be employed by eligible scale-ups in the UK

Venture Capital Funding

Conviction VC to invest in six B2B SaaS start-ups in 2023  

London-based VC eyes investing up to £2m in B2B SaaS start-ups at seed stage

News

Space tech start-ups see number of deals rocket by 50% 

The private space industry attracted $8.9bn in 2022, the second highest annual investment on record