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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New bill to enable employees to hold shares

Prime minister David Cameron has announced a co-operative bill to encourage employee share ownership to be introduced by the government before the next election.

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Advent invests in cardiac technology

Advent Ventures has invested $2.2 million (£1.4 million) in medical technology company Acutus Medical for the development of new heart mapping technology.

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Regional M&A deal for AIS and Goldshield

AIS Total Security has been bought by Goldshield Electronic Security for an undisclosed amount, representing the third acquisition in two years for the Goldshield Group.

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Cinven acquires IP service CPA Global

European private equity firm Cinven, which is headquartered in London, has purchased intellectual property management business CPA Global.

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‘Bank bonus cuts will boost SME lending’ says Jenkins

Robert Jenkins, of the Bank of England's financial policy committee believes cutting bank bonuses by £1 billion will generate £20 billion for SMEs.

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Velti snaps up MIG for mobile marketing

US-based Velti has invested in the UK through the acquisition of Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), a company which provides mobile marketing.

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Valuation gap hits growth economies M&A

M&A deals conducted in the growth markets are failing to move from external due diligence to completion, statistics show.

Mergers & Acquisitions

M&A failings and types of suitors

Having looked at the reasons for, and pitfalls of, selling a company, business mentor Colin Turner examines why most M&A deals fail to complete.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Social media M&A deal for Kantar

Kantar Media, which is owned by parent company WPP, has acquired CIC, a Chinese social business intelligence agency.

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Symantec buys to boost cloud service

Security software business Symantec has acquired LiveOffice, which supplies cloud-based data archiving and storage, in a deal worth £75 million.

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Founders acquire Fuse8 after difficult 2011

Formerly AIM-listed digital agency Fuse8 has made a step towards restoring consumer confidence by securing the sale of the company to Mark Walton and Andy Hutchison.

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Industrial Engineering Plastics in £4 million MBI

Venture capital trust (VCT) manager Foresight has backed a £4 million management buy-in of plastics manufacturer Industrial Engineering Plastics (IEP).