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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

BERG closes seed round to build on Little Printer and Twitter Clock

Tech City-based BERG has secured the backing of prominent investors including Index Ventures, Initial Capital and Connect Ventures.

Mergers & Acquisitions

American buyer found for LDC investment JCC Lighting

A trade sale for LDC has seen the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank close its eighth exit of 2013.

News

Smart antenna business Sofant Technologies dials up investment 

Edinburgh-based Sofant Technologies has closed a funding round with help from Kelvin Capital, Scottish Enterprise and the investment arm of The University of Edinburgh.

News

Restaurant booking app Ruffl gets its teeth into £1 million seed found

Toptable founder Karen Hanton and former OpenTable CEO for Europe David Pritchard are contributing to a £1 million seed round for Ruffl.

News

Investment and loan-based crowdfunding subject to FCA regulation proposals

A consultation by the Financial Conduct Authority on investment-based crowdfunding has led to the proposal of a number of new rules.

News

Demand driving forward Mazda engine output

Mazda is taking on fellow manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda as it looks to increase profits.

Leadership

Tryzens CEO Terry Hunter: Taking control through a management buy-out

Having been at the business since 2003, Terry Hunter has led Tryzens through a buy-out at the second time of asking and gives GrowthBusiness his tips on how to close a game-changing deal.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Payday for Shutl as eBay agrees to acquire the UK start-up

Online delivery service Shutl is set to be acquired by eBay, after an agreement to sell was made a year after launching in America.

News

Richard Branson joins forces with James Caan to launch start-up finance and advice programme

Virgin is partnering with the Start-Up Loans Company to crate a not-for-profit company aimed at helping British entrepreneurs.

News

Funding Circle kicks off US operations following $37 million Series C

Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle is taking on the American market having been charged for growth through a deal led by Accel Partners.

Opinion

Learning from Twitter’s call to IPO on the NYSE

The decision by Twitter to list on the New York Stock Exchange, rather than the techie favourite NASDAQ, raises the question of what an exchange really means.

News

Surge in business creation results in SMEs contributing 48 per cent of private sector turnover

A total of 102,000 private sector businesses have been created during the last year in the UK.