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

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Business education – what’s the point?

Entrepreneurs pride themselves on forging their own path: but can learning through traditional education routes still be useful?

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Barclays provides £1.5m finance facility for augmented reality platform

Banking giant strengthens relationship with mobile image recognition platform Blippar.

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Crowdfunding campaign launched to fund low-carb potatoes

£500,000 target set to develop ‘diet friendly’ food staple.

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Five reasons to invest in staff learning this year

Budget restraints are holding back learning and development programmes: but should businesses be asking if they can afford not to train their staff?

Human Resources

Who’s left holding the baby – A basic guide to Shared Parental Leave

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Laundrapp cleans up with further £4m funding round

On-demand laundry service consolidates growth strategy with successful funding round.

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Festival operator Vision Nine raises £5m through EIS scheme

Ingenious leads funding initiative for Lovebox and Global Gathering-affiliated directors 

Human Resources

Diamonds in the rough: Identifying and growing your rising stars

Is the concept of talent overrated? Here Lumesse HR director Steve Hewitt outlines a radical new approach to identifying the stars of the future.

Human Resources

Public holidays and treating part-time employees fairly

Public holidays can be very tricky when trying to work out part-time and casual staff's wages fairly: so here is a quick guide to do some of the work for you.

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Bulldog Hotel Group raises £4.5m through Business Growth Fund

Bulldog Hotel Group is looking to double the number of sites it runs after securing £4.5 million from the Business Growth Fund (BGF). The money is to be invested in expansion throughout England.

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Business owners back EU referendum, survey suggests

Business for Britain claims two-thirds of business owners favour a vote on the UK's membership of the European Union.

Entrepreneurs

The Year of the Plane part 2: Three promises

In his second of a series of blog posts, Ben Hutt, CEO of digital recruitment marketplace Talent Party, shares his thoughts on the three commitments that business owners should make to achieve balance