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.

Technology

The changing face of the legal services market in the UK

Donna Sewell and Helen Goldberg, founders of legal provider Legal Edge, look at the questions entrepreneurs and management teams should ask about buying legal services.

News

The art of growing a family run professional services firm

Growing any business is rarely a walk in the park, but coming in as an outsider to grow a 35-year old, family-run legal services firm is even harder still.

News

Seed round for Lockbox accompanied by new board hires

Cloud-based business Lockbox has closed its latest seed funding round and will now begin expanding its team.

News

Business Growth Fund capital used to fund acquisition activity for Welsh portfolio business

Venture capital-backed SHS Integrated Services has put its investment capital to use by acquiring Dixon Pentland Scaffolding Company.

News

Biofortuna secures more venture capital cash to ramp up US efforts

Molecular diagnostics business Biofortuna has closed another round of venture capital funding so that it can target the US market.

News

Royal Mail listing set to kick-start UK IPO market

The UK Initial Public Offering market is expected to reach £7.2 billion during 2013, research from Capita suggests.

News

Edwards Group snapped up by Atlas Copco through cross-border deal

British vacuum products business Edwards Group is now in the hands of a Swedish owner following a deal worth up to $1.6 billion.

News

Business Growth Fund makes 31st investment through CMS platform backing

The Business Growth Fund has closed its second August investment and added another IT and technology business to its portfolio.

Technology

Five top tips to protect customer data

Businesses in a wide variety of sectors are dependent upon collecting large volumes of customer data – but what can be done to make sure this is protected?

Private equity

Private equity looks to pharmacy market for solid returns through consolidation

The steady income streams and low risk profiles of pharmacy businesses are proving increasingly attractive for private equity investors, new figures suggest.

News

Key Capital Partners’ Peter Armitage contributes to £600,000 angel round for Adventoris

A Huddersfield-based start-up has netted the angel capital it needs to launch its new business offering in the UK.

News

Angel CoFund-led deal nets £400,000 for software start-up

Web marketing software business 4th aspect has now raised £750,000 since its foundation following its latest funding round.