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

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Business overdrafts are being withdrawn at an alarming rate: but it need not be the end of the road, as Conrad Ford explains

News

Ctrlio closes $1.3 million funding round

Investors include former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel.

News

Artsper.com raises €1.2m in funding round

Website for buying contemporary art covers more than 400 galleries.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Global nutritional brand Glanbia acquires thinkThin for $217m

Big exit for Italian former model Lizanne Falsetto.