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.

Alternative Finance for Business

How to apply for Regional Growth Fund capital

To coincide with the fourth instalment of the Regional Growth Fund, GrowthBusiness meets HV Wooding to find out how the business secured capital from the fund's last round.

News

Imperial Innovations teams up with Pentech Ventures in Semetric funding round

Technology commercialisation investment fund Imperial Innovations has taken part in a funding round for software company Semetric.

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Entrepreneurs react to David Cameron’s European Union speech

Nearly 40 years since the UK became a member of the European Economic Community, prime minister David Cameron has outlined the future of Britain's involvement. GrowthBusiness talks to entrepreneurs to find out whether they agree with his plans.

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New advisory hires for government’s business bank includes BGF chief executive Stephen Welton

A month after appointing former chief executive for the Bank of Scotland Peter Burt to chair an advisory board for the new business bank, the government has announced a number of further appointments.

Technology

Cloud computing: How changing infrastructure can improve business operations 

The use of cloud computing has become a big feature of growing a business in recent months, but many are still unsure of the concept, and the benefit that cloud services can offer.

Banking

Banking on the next generation for finance innovation

As the rate of change in the banking industry accelerates, Holvi founder Kristoffer Lawson shares his thoughts on where there is room to innovate and what this means for next generation banking.

News

Final quarter yields upturn in TMT and retail buy-outs

The lower mid-market is boosting the amount of deals closed in the UK's private equity market, new figures show.

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European venture capital market in ‘much ruder health’ than widely believed, says BVCA

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association has revealed what it believes to be three 'myths' in the European venture capital market.

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Isles of Scilly Steamship Company joins Asset Match trading platform

Asset Match, a platform for trading shares in private companies which recently acquired Sharemark, has added the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company to its members.

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Merson Signs secures slice of Scottish Loan Fund to boost capacity

Maven Capital Partners has joined forces with the Scottish Loan Fund to back Merson Signs through a two-part transaction.

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Slowest year-on-year retail value and volume growth since 1998

Retail figures for goods bought during the last month of 2012 grew by 0.3 per cent over the same period in 2011, but fell over the month before.

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Made in Chelsea star Amber Atherton nets second round funding for My Flash Trash venture

Entrepreneur Amber Atherton has attracted investment from two US angel investors for her My Flash Trash company.