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

News

Wind turbine capacity expected to soar by 2025

Fivefold increase in capacity predicted for ten years' time

Growth Planning

Practical steps to incentivise and fuel innovation in your business

We all see innovation as the Holy Grail for driving a business forward: but what real world steps can be take to ensure this happens?

Financial Management

Why aren’t SMEs taking advantage of R&D tax breaks?

There are numerous ways in which SMEs can claim financial incentive rewards for R&D investments: so why are so few doing so and how can we increase awareness?

News

Digital Enterprise Hub aims to make Oldham ‘Shoreditch of the North’

10 digital start-up teams will initially be housed in the Northern hub following investment from Oldham Council.

Growth Planning

Growing pains: SME identity crisis increases risks from globalisation

Do SMEs who start as local have their heads in the sand when it comes to global threats?

Mergers & Acquisitions

Manchester City owners agree merger to promote club in China

A bid by China Media Capital Holdings looks to have been successful following six months of negotiations with the football club's backers.

Mergers & Acquisitions

UK Cloud Company iomart acquires United Hosting in £11m deal

iomart hoping to extend its managed hosting services to SME customers.

Mergers & Acquisitions

AccorHotels acquires three major asset portfolios in deals totalling €284m

Total of 29 hotels bought by Europe's top hotel chain.

News

Leaked documents reveal Business Growth Service to be ‘wound down’

Cuts to governmental budgets, revealed in George Osborne’s spending review, spell the end for several support services businesses have come to rely on.

News

Scottish Equity Partners back Sportpursuit.com with new investment

Leading venture capital partners put their lot behind online sports equipment retailer.

Legislation and Regulation

Do SMEs really need to pay big money for law firms?

To date the UK's £29bn legal services market has widely avoided the disruptive impact of the digital revolution: but as Lexoo's David Bushby explains, the landscape is changing, with technology now making it possible for entrepreneurs to access top quality legal advice at an affordable price.

Alternative Finance for Business

Five funding options to replace a removed bank overdraft

Business overdrafts are being withdrawn at an alarming rate: but it need not be the end of the road, as Conrad Ford explains