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

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.

Entrepreneurs

The gender split among the world’s most powerful CEOs

A study by Talentful explores how gender can affect the earning potential, success, and career growth.

Technology

Why you need a strong information security culture in business

A weak information security culture means your organisation is vulnerable. Ethical hacker and global security expert, Chantelle van Wyk writes.

Entrepreneurs

The UK is poised for growth: M&A activity up and number of businesses in UK passes 4m milestone

New figures show that M&A activity is up, despite Brexit volatility, and the number of companies in the UK has reached a record high – breaking the four million threshold for the first time.