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Praseeda was Editor for GrowthBusiness.co.uk from 2016 to 2018.

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Property Partner raises £16m as London’s ‘proptech’ scene expands

The house crowdfunding platform successfully completed a £15.9m funding round, taking the total amount invested in the company to £22.5m

Alternative Finance for Business

"Dragon-off" erupts on Crowdcube

Dragons’ Den stars take their investment savvy online, duking it out for funding three high potential businesses.

News

Government could save £10bn a year by improving procurement – Report

Lack of commercial skills in the civil service may stand in the way of the government's visionary plan for digital procurement, according to think-tank.

News

Dragon's Den's youngest ever business brain reaches funding target in five days

Jordan Daykin, Dragon’s Den’s youngest ever entrepreneur to receive investment has exceeded his £1.5m Crowdcube target in five days

Social Media

Mancunian social media marketing agency speaks ‘Millennialese’, raises $2m

Social Chain will take its approach towards influencer marketing to Germany this spring.

News

Think beyond the bottom line to avoid an ethical "blind spot"

Business leaders are more likely to overlook unethical behaviour if their company operates in a competitive market, according to new research

Financial Management

Are you ready for a zombie attack? The dangers of sealing with technically insolvent companies

Companies that can only afford to pay the interest on their debt are a 'sleeping risk' that can stir at any time.

Alternative Finance for Business

Equity crowdfunding: don't be a banker

"We aren’t fat cat banks, we are finance for the people, from the people"

News

Government "damaging investor confidence in energy sector"

A House of Commons Energy and Climate Change select committee has criticised the Government for lack of transparency and around the low-carbon energy budget

Opinion

Brexit: Should I stay or should I go

Donald MacKinnon, director of legal services at Law At Work, reflects on what effect the UK leaving the EU could have on employment law and health and safety.

News

Admiral Markets Australia now allows you to trade Forex and CFDs from any browser and operating system

Just about everyone in the industry agrees that MetaTrader 4 is the best Forex  and CFD trading platform ever.

News

£2.4m crowdfunding campaign launches to bring data analytics to farmers

Big data analytics is the only way the global agriculture sector can boost its output to feed the world's exploding population in the coming decades - which is exactly what a new crowdfunding campaign is banking on.