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Michael was senior reporter for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2018 to 2019.

Financial Management

Interview: managing partner of Chiene + Tait, Carol Flockhart

GrowthBusiness.co.uk caught up with Chiene + Tait’s managing partner, Carol Flockhart on the importance of accountancy firms to be as agile as the scale-up companies they serve.

Venture Capital Funding

Machine learning firm Geospatial Insight raises £3.5 million investment

Geospatial Insight aims to map various countries via satellite and drone.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Hungryhouse to close – here’s how it’s a good deal

Just Eat is protecting its online takeaway market share with the threat of Amazon and UberEATS ever-present.

Entrepreneurs

Interview: CEO of The House Crowd, Frazer Fearnhead

GrowthBusiness spoke to The House Crowd's CEO following a successful fundraise for a housing development just outside Manchester.

News

Maru Group launches new US and Canada platform

London firm continues its acquisition and rebranding of market research rivals in 2018.

Legislation and Regulation

One month till GDPR deadline – are you ready?

Research from international law firm says nearly half of firms will not be compliant in time

Growth Planning

£5 million smart city data centre to open later this year

Connexin are looking to work with more local authorities outside of Hull in 2018, following major investment last year.

Managing

Five pitfalls of web migration

When you move your website to a new system, there are lots of pitfalls to watch out for. Tim Lacey, a non-executive director at Infinity Nation explains the top five issues facing investors and entrepreneurs when dealing with website migration.

Opinion

Analysis: Fintech disruption should inspire us all

New fintech companies have galvanised business communities with record global investment of $5.4 billion registered in the first quarter of 2018.

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur profile: James Sinclair, founder of Partyman

Having grown a portfolio of children's entertainment centres across the UK over the last 12 years, James Sinclair has build a business- Partyman-which turns over £10 million a year and employs 350 staff.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Yo! Sushi acquires Waitrose sushi supplier

Acquiring London-based Taiko Foods will lead to growth at both companies, Yo! Sushi says.

Alternative Finance for Business

Personalised IT recruitment firm breaks crowdfunding target

The platform has signed up Marks & Spencer, Reed and Adecco to its service since August 2017.

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