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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Business Growth Fund closes another £10 million investment

The Business Growth Fund has invested £10 million into printing business York Mailing, the fourth time it has injected that sum into a portfolio company.

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The North West Fund for Biomedical makes 60th investment

A £250,000 investment led North West Fund for Biomedical will be used by Tomorrows Medicines to commercialise its new platform.

Mergers & Acquisitions

The strategic use of technology to control M&A costs

Alastair Molyneux, legal consultant at Kroll Ontrack, and Gustaf Duhs, head of competition and regulatory at Stevens & Bolton, look at how technology can reduce data volumes, target key data more quickly, and reduce the time and cost of reviewing it in M&A deals.

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Merger between two travel companies set to create £100 million revenue business

LDC portfolio business TD Travel has closed a new acquisition and will be re-branding as part of the process.

Entrepreneurs

How to avoid ‘group think’ in established companies

The ability to make big strategic decisions is an important part of any company board. Mike Robson, director at advisory firm Azure Partners, looks at how business must avoid the 'group think' mentality.

Entrepreneurs

Yianni Papoutsis Q&A: Meat Liquor empire makes first foray out of London

Having set up his food business out of a wagon in 2009, entrepreneur Yianni Papoutsis now has three London locations and a Brighton site on the way. GrowthBusiness finds out how the industry has changed.

Financial Management

Using a pension to fund the business after war upheaval

When Michelle Gill decided to return to the UK to help run her father's business, the last thing on her mind was their pensions. But, they proved to be a business saviour.

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Third management buy-out in a month for NVM Private Equity

NVM Private Equity has continued to show interest in the furniture manufacturing market by backing another management buy-out in the space.

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Expanded Regional Growth Fund fourth pot dishes out £506 million through 102 offers

The fourth round of the Regional Growth Fund finance scheme has seen 102 companies and projects receive conditional offers.

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August Equity makes maiden education investment and first outlay from new fund

Mid-market investor August Equity has made a first play from its August Equity Partners III by adding an education business to its portfolio.

Entrepreneurs

Gü’s James Averdieck: From luxury chocolate pots to healthy coconut treats

After waiting three and a half years to find the right idea, Gü founder James Averdieck is entering the desserts game again to tackle the dairy intolerance problem. GrowthBusiness finds out more.

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Shazam closes huge $40 million investment deal with world’s richest man

Music recognition app and media engagement company Shazam has netted a $40 million investment from a telecommunications business based in Mexico.