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

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Manchester City FC backs Ideas Britain competition to find top sports entrepreneurs

Innovation in Sport competition is now open for early-bird entries.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Thorntons shareholders welcome news of £112m bid from Ferrero Interational

Thorntons shares jump 42% as news breaks

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British holidaymakers rack up £2.4bn in tax payments

Taxes on everything from flights to luxury items pushes up total cost of going abroad to ‘economy-damaging’ levels.

Company Flotations

Shaking up your board of directors

Flotation means you will have new investors to satisfy, public forecasts to meet and relationships with advisers, regulators and the press to manage - changes that may well force you to look at your management team and directors.

News

Ajay Chowdhury named dealmaker of the year at the M&A Awards

Former CEO of Seatwave recognised for work on deal to acquire Timbre: 11 more awards also announced at ceremony in Park Plaza Victoria

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Foreign direct investment stock in UK reaches £1 trillion

Record investment in UK as country confirms its position as top European target for foreign backers.

News

‘Culture of compromise’ leading to wrong hires in nine out of ten companies

Lack of time and resources mean large majority of employers making recruitment decisions without the level of consideration they would like.

Entrepreneurs

‘Good guys’ of medical science developing games to improve cognitive health

MyCognition founder and chairman Keiron Sparrowhawk tells us about the inspiration behind his business and how he hopes the technology will help mankind.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Beyond big data: the evolution of predictive analytics

Predictive analytics have been around for a while: but do recent developments mean it is now time for businesses to make the most of their financial potential?

Social Media

UK professionals dubious about value of social media for career progression

Strong contrast between attitude of UK and US workers towards use of social media in a work context emerges.

News

Money transfer service Azimo raises $20m in Series B funding round

Financing round was led by Frog Capital with participation from MCI Investments and existing investors.

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Crystal Maze live reboot races towards crowdfunding target

Plenty of gold tokens for the company behind the live reboot of the iconic immersive game show.