About

Todd was Editor of GrowthBusiness.co.uk between 2010 and 2011 as well as being responsible for publishing our digital and printed magazines focusing on private equity and venture capital.

Entrepreneurs

Book review: More Balls Than Most by Lara Morgan

Patricia Harriss, business development director of DirectionGroup, reviews 'More Balls Than Most', written by straight-talking entrepreneur Lara Morgan.

Technology

Protect against hackers

There are a number of ways to ensure your emails and phone systems are watertight. We reveal the some of the tried and tested techniques of protecting your data.

Entrepreneurs

Engineering design: Santiago Matheus

Born in Ecuador, Santiago Matheus started businesses in four continents before co-founding Method Design Lab in London in March this year. He reveals what he'd wish he'd known when he started.

Alternative Finance for Business

Tax reliefs in finance raising

Whatever your plans for obtaining finance, the important thing is to appreciate what tax relief might be available.

News

Entrepreneurs using business cash for growth

More than half of entrepreneurs use bottom line cash to fund business growth compared with just one fifth that say they source development capital from the banks, a survey finds.

Mergers & Acquisitions

New Takeover Code divides opinion

Reforms to the Takeover Code appear to have split the views of M&A advisers, with 59 per cent believing that target companies should not be forced into revealing who potential bidders are, new research shows.

News

Touch Bionics set to expand with new investment 

Funds coming from the business angel syndicate Archangels and the Scottish Venture Fund sees prosthetic technology company Touch Bionics secure £2.5 million in new investment.

News

Acal set to acquire German electromagnetic business

Technology service provider Acal has acquired German electronics specialist MTC Micro Tech Components.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

News

Ubisense gets busy on AIM

Location services business Ubisense has made its first acquisition of a UK company since it listed on AIM in June, with the purchase of Realworld OO Systems.

News

Private equity finds fundraising tough work

Despite UK mid-market private equity increasingly on a year-by-year basis, global fundraising in the sector has slowed during 2011, says new research.

News

Fetch Media to buy Lucidity Mobile

Mobile advertising agency Fetch Media is set to acquire Lucidity Mobile, which will see the exit of founders David Fieldhouse and David Phillipson.
Round-up of today's M&A deals

News

Lumison makes second acquisition of 2011

IT business Lumison has purchased DediPower Managed Hosting in its second acquisition of the year, following its purchase of Blue Square Data for £22 million in March.