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

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Fishing Republic raises £1.5m on AIM placing

Crowe Clark Whitehill advises on public offering

Growth Planning

A lesson in business transformation

People who launch their own business often get all the plaudits: but taking over an existing business and overhauling it can be just as impressive and rewarding.

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World's first crowdfunding aggregator launched

Self-styled 'Tinder for crowdfunding brings together campaigns from all main platforms on one app: it will shortly be raising its own funding round

Human Resources

How business should work with education to release potential

The lack of an effective partnership between education and business has long been mooted as a problem: so has OCR come up with a way to solve the puzzle?

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Smaller businesses bear brunt of £2.3bn ‘wasted’ on international payments in 2014

Making payments to recipients in non-EU countries causing problems for all UK businesses: but SMEs are especially affected.

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Smart agriculture: how big data is transforming the UK farming industry

Agriculture technology is one of the most lucrative sub-sectors in the new tech boom: so how are businesses ensuring everyone involved has the data they need to succeed?

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Tech investment up 18% in first quarter of 2015

Promising start to the year in the tech investment space as £635m injected into the space.

Exit Strategies

Selling a Business: Understanding the different deal structures

Selling a business can be one of the most complex processes any entrepreneur will face: so how can you make sure you are armed with all the information before taking the leap?

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Angel CoFund backs upmysport with £1m funding round

Platform for connecting sports instructors with clients operates out of Tech Hub in East London but some of the team is based in Chamonix, France.

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Nine in ten VC investors cite strong leadership as factor when portfolio building 

Extensive report released on impact of talent capital on investment trends.

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Bad work habits costing SMEs one month of work per year 

Addressing bad habits in the workplace could drastically increase productivity in the workplace, claims report by Sage.

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Government offers support on late payments: but SMEs must still help themselves

As part of the Queen's Speech the Enterprise Bill offered support for small businesses hampered by late payments: but even with added help these companies must take action to tackle the problems themselves.