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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.

News

Octopus Investments nets 2.5x return on AVM investment

Venture capital firm Octopus Investments has ended its interest in visual communications business AVM in a deal with Alcuin Capital.

Opinion

Let’s do it our way

Nobody ever likes being told what to do, particularly when it comes from someone who doesn't really know what they're talking about.

Company Flotations

An AIM rising

New research from GrowthBusiness finds that domestic and foreign companies are continuing to use AIM to make acquisitions. We speak to businesses and advisors conducting deals to find out what is driving M&A activity on the junior market.

Venture Capital Funding

Video: Alliott Cole of Octopus Investments

Alliott Cole, member of the ventures team at Octopus Investments, talks about how UK start-ups can expand into the United States.

News

Government will act on Nuttall’s employee ownership suggestions

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced that the coalition government will be acting on recommendations made in Graeme Nuttall's report on employee ownership.

Growth Planning

The golden age of start-ups

Richard Prime, founder of Sonovate, looks at how barriers to entry have dropped for today's entrepreneurs and why simpler times were not necessarily better.

News

Wear Inns begins acquisition drive aided by BGF and NVM

A pub group owned by NVM Private Equity and the Business Growth Fund (BGF) has begun its acquisitive growth strategy by purchasing nine venues from TCG Bars.

News

3G Communications and Sauce Consultancy to merge

Sauce Consultancy and 3G Communications are merging with an eye towards relaunching the combined business in the summer of 2013.

News

ATR Group makes first M&A play since MBO

Private equity-backed ATR Group has made its first purchase since taking on NBGI Private Equity as its backer in March.

News

StrikeAd raises $500,000 and moves to New York

Venture capital-backed StrikeAd has secured the second round of its Series A funding and decided to relocate to the US.

News

BGF sees promise in Morphsuits firm AFG Media

The entrepreneurs behind AFG Media, a fancy dress and party fashion business behind Morphsuits, are the latest recipients of equity funding from the Business Growth Fund.

News

Consumer electronics firm Kada becomes latest Chinese AIM addition

Kada Technology Holdings has become the second Chinese firm in a week to declare its desire to join London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).