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Hunter Ruthven graduated from the university of Sussex in geography and politics before joining Vitesse Media. He was the Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2012 to 2014, before moving on to Caspian Media Ltd to become Editor of Real Business.

Growth Planning

The counter-intuitive approach to managing in an economic downturn

The obvious strategy to survive any downturn is consolidation. Kate Tojeiro, founder of leadership consultancy Xfusion, explains why taking a more progressive approach could be more lucrative.

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First deal for Kirona since LDC backing

Kirona Group, a portfolio company of LDC, has acquired Xmbrace to mark its first deal under private equity control.

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Hooper report calls for ‘Copyright Hub’

The creative industries in the UK are being called upon to partake in and promote a new 'Copyright Hub'.

Alternative Finance for Business

Using retained earnings as a source of capital

With banks firmly closing the doors and venture capital firms becoming increasingly risk averse, GrowthBusiness speaks to entrepreneurs and business owners who are going it alone.

News

Bit9 funding round attracts Sequoia and Atlas

Sequoia Capital, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm behind investments in LinkedIn and Symantec, has led a $34.5 million (£22 million) investment round in Bit9.

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Fewer companies attracting more venture capital cash

European companies are attracting more investment from venture capital firms despite less of them being backed, new statistics show.

Venture Capital Funding

Video: Stephen Welton of the Business Growth Fund

Ahead of GrowthBusiness' profile of Stephen Welton, CEO of the Business Growth Fund, appearing next week, we speak to him about how the private equity and venture capital world has changed during his career.

News

E-Synergy sells Blackstar investment to Foresight

Early stage investor E-Synergy has netted an 8x multiple on its five year investment in Blackstar Amplification.

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ISIS serves up expansion capital to Pho restaurant chain

A Vietnamese street food restaurant chain has gobbled up £5.2 million of growth capital to expand the business.

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CitySprint delivers with Scarlet Couriers buy

Private equity-backed CitySprint has closed its sixth acquisition since Dunedin backed a management buy-out of the business in December 2010.

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LDC leads Boomerang P2P with former BBC One controller

Boomerang has completed its public-to-private move after LDC and senior members of the company's management team closed a £7.1 million deal.

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Angle raises new funds to launch cancer diagnostic

Medtech company Angle has closed a £700,000 fundraising round to help with the launch of its new cancer diagnostic product.