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.

News

Third round of £40 million for Just-Eat

Online takeaway business Just-Eat has taken its total venture capital fundraising to £80 million as it looks to boost its global expansion.

News

miiCard raises capital for US expansion

Online identification business miiCard has taken its total fundraisings to over £2 million with a new seed round, as it looks to move into new markets.

News

Terra Firma pays £825 million for Four Seasons

Private equity firm Terra Firma has followed up on its recent acquisition of The Garden Centre Group by acquiring care homes provider Four Seasons Health Care.

News

Husband and wife team net £500,000

Renewable energy business EcoLogicLiving has landed £500,000 of investment from The North West Fund for Energy and Environmental.

News

Graphite supports Rex Restaurants’ expansion plans

Mid-market-focused investment firm Graphite Capital has closed another deal in the eating and drinking sector by linking up with restaurant group Rex Restaurants.

News

Raleigh cycles over to Accell Group for £62 million

Accell Group, which owns bike brands including Hercules, Lapierre and Torker, has beaten off competition from the likes of industrial company Pon to land Raleigh.

Opinion

Flood of funding

The water industry is set to receive a deluge of investment support as it rides the cleantech wave.

News

Ingenious backs northern music event

The fund behind the Creamfields dance festival and the UK's first outdoor camping jazz festival has closed a deal with Liverpool Sound City, a three-day international music, media and technology conference and live arts and music festival.

News

Firms wasting money on hiring

UK businesses are 'wasting' nearly £270 million a year through job recruitment that doesn't work, a new survey suggests.

News

Moulton and Fairman team up on government green fund

Jon Moulton's newly formed Greensphere Capital and Foresight Group are to lead a new £80 million investment fund aimed at promoting green infrastructure.

Entrepreneurs

Setting up a travel business: Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn, who started up luxury tour operator Scott Dunn aged 22 with a £5,000 bank loan, has experienced some ups and downs on the way to building a £25 million turnover business.

Entrepreneurs

Swapping equity for marketing – Best business decision case study

Paul Fisher, CEO of Buyometric, tells GrowthBusiness about how his best business decision involved providing a stake in his business in exchange for a subscriber base.