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

Human Resources

1 in 4 senior managers don’t see the gender pay gap as a business issue

The UK gender pay gap currently sits at 13.9 per cent for full-time employees, but according to new research, 29 per cent of business leaders don't see this as a real business issue, blaming the differences in pay on women taking career breaks and choosing to work part-time.

Venture Capital Funding

Partech Shaker’s Marie Raichvarg on why Paris is the city of start-ups

Marie Raichvarg, managing director Partech Shaker, on start-ups in Paris, and building an international foothold working with American accelerator, Techstars.

Alternative Finance for Business

Yasser Khattak, the teen entrepreneur behind Den turns to crowdfunding to go global

From hiring his hero to modelling himself after business greats like Jobs, Dyson and Sugar, teen entrepreneur Yasser Khattak is all grown up. He now plans to take his start-up, Den, worldwide.

Alternative Finance for Business

MarketInvoice plans to double lending to £2bn

P2P invoice lender MarketInvoice aims for aggressive growth in 2017.

Growth Planning

Cross-border trading: Looking beyond Brexit

Brexit does not necessarily spell doom and gloom for cross-border trading. P2P Mailing's Paul Galpin writes.

Entrepreneurs

Are social entrepreneurs the world’s best hope?

Here's why social entrepreneurs are the new change-makers in a post-Brexit world.

Entrepreneurs

Campus Society founder on his vision for a borderless student community

Campus Society founder Rashid Ajami speaks to GrowthBusiness on how he started up and what lies ahead of the UK-based global student app.

Alternative Finance for Business

Failed Kickstarter start-up rebounds with the help from an ice hockey star

FitWood, a Finnish company making Scandinavian-style fitness equipment for home use, learned from its failed Kickstarter and made its equity crowdfunding campaign a success with help from a professional hockey player.

Technology

“Alexa, this is fantastic!” Rant & Rave integrates customer feedback for Amazon AI

Rant & Rave develops customer feedback integration with Amazon Alexa, making leaving reviews as easy as talking out loud.

Human Resources

24/7 employee feedback is here to stay, but is it always useful?

Is all feedback good feedback? ViewsHub's Ab Banerjee looks at both sides of the coin.

Entrepreneurs

Diversity first: why ‘quota’ is a dirty word

The Clear Company's Gareth Headley speaks to GrowthBusiness about quotas, biases, and whether white, middle aged men really are an 'endangered species' on boards.

Venture Capital Funding

A hard Brexit won’t affect UK tech sector, says top VC

The UK's identity as a tech start-up nation has only deepened post-referendum. MMC Ventures managing partner Bruce Macfarlane explains.