About

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

News

Two-thirds of entrepreneurs to be driven out of London by spiralling costs

Sharp rises in both housing prices and operating costs could spell trouble for ‘Silicon Roundabout’ as tech start-ups especially affected.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Put your money where your (word of) mouth is

Can you get your customers and fans of your brand do your marketing for you? It's an appealing prospect and one that has been talked about for a while, but how effective is it?

News

Marketing, training or NPD: What is the best way to grow your business?

Kevin Uphill, Chairman of commercial business sales and mergers & acquisitions consultancy, Avondale, discusses the balance between investment focused on immediate results compared to longer-term business benefits through staff training and middle management retention.

Exit Strategies

Family business – time to exit?

Richard Hughes, a commercial lawyer in Burges Salmon's family business team, outlines the options for a successful business exit.

News

Eight out of ten managers admit taking credit for employees’ work

Workers warned to be cautious about expressing ideas without proof that they dreamt them up.

News

Workers feel ‘mobile guilt’ over both personal and work calls

Taking work calls at home and personal calls at work both cause anxiety for Gen M workers.

News

The EC vs Google: A lesson for all businesses great and small

The recent heavyweight legal fight between the European Commission and Google has thrown up a lot of questions around competition law...

Managing

Perfecting the OX – Office Experience is key for boosting productivity

The UK is in the midst of a productivity crisis - is improving the office experience key to solving it?

News

Ambitious female business owners shun ‘entrepreneur’ label

Word seen as too ‘masculine’ and ‘blokey’: But women prove just as ambitious as men – often more – in business.

Growth Planning

Data in the DNA: Growing a company with data at its core

You can have all the flair in the world and the best business instincts ever seen: but sometimes there's just no substitute for a great big cache of data.

News

Cloud services company Appirio in $35m funding boost

Successful Series E funding round and new ex-Amazon CTO for global services business.

News

Brain training app Peak wins $7m in Series A funding round

Latest investment takes total funding to $10m since app’s launch last year.