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

Finance heads predict the end for CIOs

Despite information technology becoming increasingly important for companies, the role of CIOs is predicted to change by business leaders.

News

Third round of RGF sees a further £1 billion allocated

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has launched the third tranche of the government’s Regional Growth Fund, with the manufacturing industry encouraged to bid for extra growth finance.

News

Holmes sits atop the Power Top 50

Ben Holmes of Index Ventures has moved up three places to the top of the tree in Business XL's annual Power Top 50 list of influential entrepreneurs and investors.

News

Fundraising sees Imperative Energy move base

Imperative Energy has received an investment from the North West Fund and will relocate to the North West of England as part of the deal.

Growth Planning

Taking control with an MBO

Management buy-outs provide an opportunity for courageous executives to raise the stakes and drive change.

News

Spinoffs set to dominate 2012

Corporate spin-offs are set to increase by 92 per cent to £250 billion in 2012, research finds.

News

GPs feel the pressure to invest in own funds

Private equity general partners are feeling increasingly pressurised into investing more personal capital into their firm's next fundraising, new research finds.

News

Investments continue for technology fund

The Finance for Business North East Technology Fund has backed Software as a Service business Datum360 in a £500,000 fundraising round.

News

Lower mid-market M&A grows outside of London

The North West has held onto its position as the leading region outside of London for M&A activity in the lower mid-market, new research finds.

News

Second round of support of eSellerPro

Notion Capital has topped up its investment in eSellerPro by committing a further £1 million to the e-commerce software provider.

News

IPO for NBGI portfolio business

NBGI Ventures, the investment arm of NBGI Private Equity, has led portfolio company EOS Imagine through a €38 million (£31.5 million) IPO on NYSE Euronext.

Opinion

Project Merlin – A missed opportunity

Project Merlin has failed to deliver the lending promises set out in February last year, leaving SMEs with no solution to finance problems.