About

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.

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Northern pub business raises £10 million

Wear Inns, a chain of pubs across the North East of England and Yorkshire, has pulled in £10 million from Business Growth Fund and NVM Private Equity.

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SportPursuit.co.uk in $2.3 million funding

A website that operates seven-day 'flash sales' of high-end sporting goods for its members has raised $2.3 million (£1.4 million) in its Series A funding round.

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A-Gas continues expansion with help from LDC

LDC has continued with its portfolio company acquisitions by supporting A-Gas International in the purchase of SA Rural Agencies for an undisclosed amount.

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University spin-out Retroscreen Virology joins junior stock market

Retroscreen Virology Group has joined AIM through an initial public offering (IPO) worth £15 million.

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Wonga investor backs archify with seed funding

Balderton Capital, the London-based venture capital firm behind seed investments in loan provider Wonga and entertainment retailer LOVEFiLM, has provided early stage capital to archify.

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Lyceum Capital makes over 4x realisation on M&C sale

Private equity firm Lyceum Capital has sold its stake in M&C Energy Group, three years after it initially bought the energy consultancy firm for £22 million.

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FreeAgent targets US market with funding-aided deal

Venture capital-backed FreeAgent has broken into the US market with its first American acquisition and has landed a new investment round.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Book Review: This is Social Commerce by Guy Clapperton

Jonathan Reed, managing director at Sunny Thinking, has a look through This is Social Commerce by Guy Clapperton to find out if the latest offering on social media sheds any new light.

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Managers and employees not on same page says CIPD

A reality gap currently exists in the capability of UK plc's eight million managers, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Technology

Li-Fi: technology of the future

Data could soon be transmitted using the power of light following recent development work by a University of Edinburgh spin-out business.

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Three cleantech firms backed by Ludgate

Growth capital investor Ludgate Environmental Fund has backed Tamar, Micropelt and Ignis Biomass in its latest round of cleantech deals.

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Langholm supports Purity Soft Drinks MBI

Purity Soft Drinks has secured the help of Langholm Capital to boost its growth plans and taken on a new CEO.